Alfred Portale's Christmas Turkey Sandwich

By Marian Burros

Updated December 2, 2025

Total Time
About 10 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes
Rating
4(9)
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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.

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Ingredients

Yield:4 sandwiches

  • 1 round loaf of crusty French or Italian white bread

  • 1 cup of turkey stuffing

  • 12 ounces sliced turkey meat

  • ½ 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

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Nutritional analysis per serving

58 grams carbs; 65 milligrams cholesterol; 621 calories; 8 grams monosaturated fat; 14 grams polyunsaturated fat; 5 grams saturated fat; 29 grams fat; 1 gram trans fat; 5 grams fiber; 922 milligrams sodium; 31 grams protein; 8 grams sugar

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Cut bread into 8 thin slices and toast.

  2. Step 2

    Spread a generous layer of stuffing over one side of four slices; top with turkey, red onion, tomato, lettuce and mayonnaise.

  3. Step 3

    Top with remaining slices of bread.

  4. Step 4

    If desired, serve with leftover cranberry relish, chestnuts, pickles and potato chips.

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