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Turkish cuisine can't be discussed without paying special attention to the Turkish breakfast. It is a truly unique start to the day, with a line-up of tastes all it's own. Breakfast in Turkey is not just a necessity; it's a traditional family gathering, a sit-down affair with a line-up of tastes all its own that you start looking forward to the night before. To newcomers, a Turkish breakfast can seem very different when compared with the heavy, sugary breakfasts served in Europe and USA.
Turkish Breakfast - Unique Start to the Day :)
A classic Turkish breakfast, known as 'kahvaltı' in Turkish, would mostly include fresh cheeses like feta and kashkaval, grilled halloumi, black and green olives, fresh tomatoes, peppers and cucumber, fresh-baked white bread, Turkish bagel “simit”, honey, different kinds of fruit jam & marmalede, molasses with tahini and plenty of brewed black tea served in small Turkish tea glasses. If you have guests or if it is a special time such as Sunday breakfast, more elaborate selections are offered such as hard-boiled eggs, a single egg "sunny-side up" cooked and served in a tiny copper skillet called a "sahan", as well as omelets, peeled & cooked tomatoes, and variations of homemade phyllo dough and cheese pastry called "börek".
In Turkish Breakfast, the place of bacon or breakfast sausage, slices of "sucuk”, a spicy type of salami - mostly made up of beef, and "pastırma", a type of cured beef covered with a thick layer of spices are cooked and served alone or together with eggs and omelets. Another great breakfast classic with eggs is called "menemen." Menemen is a juicy, spicy version of scrambled eggs with onions, red and green peppers, and tomatoes.
Turkish Breakfast
Turkish bagel “simit”, sesame-covered bread ring sold in bakeries and more infamously by street sellers everywhere, is the real star of the Turkish breakfast. crispy and delicious simit which would be accompanied by black olives, cheese and black tea, could be the most simple and quick version of a Turkish breakfast. If you would like to know more about Turkish bagel “simit”” please visit my blog post about it 😊
Simit & Turkish Tea
Finally, the word for breakfast in Turkish “kahvaltı” can be translated as kahve–altı being under-coffee, meaning the food you eat before drinking coffee. So, a nice long Turkish breakfast should of course end with a cup of well-made Turkish coffee. if you want to learn more about Turkish Coffee tradition, which is included in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List, you could see my blog post about Turkish Coffee too. 😊
Lots of love from Turkey.
Dilek
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