Recipes · Turkish · Burgers and Sandwiches

Kumru (İzmir Sandwich)

One serving has 548 kcal and 23 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (72%), cobalamin (61%), phosphorus (41%), zinc (41%), riboflavin (38%) and niacin (36%). Ready in 17 minutes.

Kumru (İzmir Sandwich)
Photo: Satirdan kahraman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • Preparation: 10 min
  • Cooking: 7 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (213 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Contains: beef, dairy, gluten

Ingredients

  • 70 g Bread rolls, hard
  • 55 g Beef sausage, smoked
  • 30 g Provolone cheese
  • 40 g Tomatoes, raw
  • 10 g Pickles, dill
  • 8 g Butter, unsalted

Method

  1. Split the sesame roll and lightly toast the cut sides in the butter in a hot pan.
  2. Fry the sliced sucuk (or the smoked beef sausage here) for 1-2 minutes a side until it releases its red oil.
  3. Layer the sausage and sliced cheese onto the bottom half of the roll.
  4. Warm briefly in the pan, or under a grill, until the cheese melts.
  5. Top with sliced tomato and pickles, close the sandwich, and serve warm.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy548 kcal26%
Carbohydrates40.7 g
Water112 mL
Fiber2.2 g7%
Protein22.8 g48%
Tryptophan0.26 g
Threonine0.8 g
Isoleucine0.94 g
Leucine1.8 g
Lysine1.6 g
Methionine0.51 g
Cystine0.29 g
Phenylalanine1 g
Tyrosine0.92 g
Valine1.1 g
Histidine0.74 g
Fat32.4 g
Monounsaturated12 g
Polyunsaturated2.3 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-62 g
Saturated15.9 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol74.8 mg
Calcium309 mg31%
Copper0.19 mg21%
Iron3.6 mg20%
Magnesium39.7 mg13%
Manganese0.38 mg21%
Phosphorus290 mg41%
Potassium322 mg7%
Selenium39.8 µg72%
Sodium1,305 mg
Zinc3.3 mg41%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.39 mg35%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.42 mg38%
Niacin (vitamin B3)5 mg36%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.6 mg12%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.14 mg11%
Folate (vitamin B9)78.7 µg20%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)1.5 µg61%
Choline19.4 mg5%
Vitamin A143 µg20%
Vitamin C5.7 mg8%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)6 IU1%
Vitamin E0.77 mg5%
Vitamin K6.5 µg7%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

2.1 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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