ALFRED PORTALE'S CHRISTMAS TURKEY SANDWICH

Alfred Portale's Christmas Turkey Sandwich image

Diners flock to the Gotham Bar and Grill to eat the chef Alfred Portale's elegant towers of beautiful food. But on the day after a turkey holiday, he's just like the rest of us, making sandwiches with leftover meat. Here he combines turkey and stuffing along with lettuce, tomato, thin-sliced red onion and an elegant homemade mayonnaise on crusty Italian bread to update the old white-bread and dark meat special we've all had so many times. Adding a smear of cranberry sauce would not be an error.

Provided by Marian Burros

Time 10m

Yield 4 sandwiches

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 round loaf of crusty French or Italian white bread
1 cup of turkey stuffing
12 ounces sliced turkey meat
1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced
1 large ripe tomato, sliced
4 leaves of soft green-leaf lettuce
6 tablespoons homemade mayonnaise
Cranberry relish, chestnuts, pickles and potato chips as accompaniments, optional

Steps:

Cut bread into 8 thin slices and toast.
Spread a generous layer of stuffing over one side of four slices; top with turkey, red onion, tomato, lettuce and mayonnaise.
Top with remaining slices of bread.
If desired, serve with leftover cranbery relish, chestnuts, pickles and potato chips.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 242, UnsaturatedFat 8 grams, Carbohydrate 24 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 13 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 383 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams