Turkish breakfast (kahvalti)

Make Turkish breakfast (kahvalti) at home

Ingredients

• Assorted white cheeses such as beyaz peynir
• Black and green olives
• Sliced tomatoes and cucumbers
• Soft-boiled or fried eggs, or menemen
• Honey and kaymak (clotted cream)
• Fruit jams such as sour cherry and fig
• Fresh simit or crusty bread
• Sucuk or pastirma (optional)
• Fresh parsley and mint
• Black tea in tulip glasses

How it's made

1. Set out small plates and bowls so each item has its own dish.
2. Slice the tomatoes and cucumbers and arrange them on a platter with olives.
3. Cut the cheeses into cubes or slices and place beside the olives.
4. Cook the eggs the way you like them, or make menemen in a small pan.
5. Warm the bread and serve with butter.
6. Brew strong tea in a double teapot (cay danlik) and pour it into small glasses.
7. Let everyone build their own bites.