Breakfast Dürüm

Dürüm is a Middle Eastern fast food similar to a wrap. The variation here combines a modified spinach mushroom omelet recipe, hash browns, hummus, and beef steak, all within an earthy, nutty wheat flatbread known as “lavash” or “yufka”, for an intensely spicy and greasy portable breakfast meal.

Ingredients

  • 1 large sheet of lavash or yufka flatbread
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1 russet potato, grated
  • 4 cups hot water
  • 4 tbsp butter or olive oil, divided
  • ½ cup thinly sliced baby bella or Crimini mushrooms
  • 1 handful of fresh spinach
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • ¼ cup shredded sharp cheddar
  • ½ ea. onion, diced
  • 5 thin slices pcooked beef sirloin or flank

Seasonings

  • 2 pinches of salt
  • 2 pinches of paprika
  • 1 pinch of cumin
  • 1 pinch of chili powder
  • 1 pinch of nutmeg
  • 2 pinches of pepper

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • 30-cm (12-inch) diameter skillet
  • Toaster oven (optional)
  • Colander
  • Whisk
  • Brush
  • 2 spatulas

Procedure

  1. Brush the flatbread with the tablespoon of water to keep it soft. Toast the bread using a skillet or in a toaster oven until brown on edges. Set aside.
  2. Combine the grated potato with half the hot water in a bowl. Let sit for 3 minutes, then stir thoroughly and drain the water from the bowl. Repeat this process with the remaining hot water, then drain the potatoes in a colander. Shake gently in a horizontal motion to remove excess starch and water, then set aside to dry.
  3. Sauté the mushrooms in 1 tbsp butter. Add spinach, and cook on medium heat until slightly wilted.
  4. Whisk together the eggs and milk, then pour over the spinach and mushrooms. When the eggs are half-set, sprinkle the cheddar on top, then fold the omelet in half and remove from the skillet.
  5. Heat the remaining butter in the skillet. Turn the heat to high, then add the potatoes, onions, and steak, evenly and fully covering the bottom of the skillet. Season to taste, then let them sear to your desired brownness and crunch, taking care to turn them over. Remove from the heat.
  6. Assemble the dürüm by laying the bread sheet flat, with the longer edges to the left and right sides. Spreading the hummus evenly on the half of the bread farthest from you. Pile the potato mixture and the omelet evenly on the nearest half. Pinch and fold the nearest edge over, then roll into a 5-cm (2-inch) thick cylinder and serve.