THIS is the GRAND Turkish Breakfast: Olives, Sucuk, Simit, Borek, Jams, Cheese, Tea, and Many More!

Get ready for a breakfast experience like no other as we dive into the rich and diverse world of Turkish morning meals. We're talking about olives, sucuk, simit, borek, an array of jams, an assortment of cheese, steaming hot tea, and the list goes on! Prepare yourself for a culinary journey through the grandeur of a famous traditional Turkish breakfast."

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Green Olives
1 cup green olives
½ lemon , thinly sliced
1 clove of garlic
½ teaspoon coriander seeds
6 tablespoons olive oil
• Crush the coriander seeds and the garlic. Mix them with the olives and the lemon slices. Squeeze some lemon and add in the olive oil. You can store this beauty up to one week and it will get tastier every day.


Black Olives
1 cup black olive
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
4 tablespoons olive oil

• Mix the olives with the oregano, red pepper flakes and olive oil in a bowl. Voila! Ready to enjoy.


Tomato and cucumber salad
2 tomatoes, chopped
2 sprigs of thyme, leaves picked
1 teaspoon nigella seeds
3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt, to taste

2 small cucumbers, chopped
2 kumquats, sliced (alternatively, clementine or lemon)
Salt, to taste
Olive oil

• Put all the ingredients in a dish and give them a good mix. This is a simple but the perfect salad to dip your bread in. When it is off season, you can use pepper paste with a drizzle of olive oil instead of tomatoes.
• Another common fresh vegetable for breakfast is cucumber. Mix the cucumber with kumquat. Sprinkle some salt to your taste and finish with a drizzle of olive oil.




Turkish Breakfast Cheese Plate

To make the ultimate Turkish breakfast cheese platter, we chose four popular types of cheese- and of course our favourites- from among the many varieties of Turkish cheese.

White cheese is also known as feta. It can be young or aged but usually younger cheese is preferred for breakfast and it is the one of the essentials of the Turkish breakfast.
Dil peyniri (string cheese). It’s a fresh cheese that tastes like you are eating milk with bites! The taste is close to mozzarella.
Bergama Tulumu is the parmesan of Turkey. More aged than white cheese, it has a more creamy texture. Can be mild and slightly sweet to strong.
Kaşar cheese is the one of the most popular cheeses in Turkey. There are two types of Kaşar cheese, fresh and aged. Both types are eaten at breakfast. Fresh kaşar has a milky, mild taste and it gets stronger by aging.

• To prepare the cheese plate, make different cuts for different cheeses and volume up the plate. Slice, dice, string or simply crumble.
• Fresh herbs such as parsley, rocket, mint or basil are always great for a breakfast or cheese plate.
• Turkey is the one of the best places for nuts and fruits so make sure to put some hazelnuts, almonds or walnuts on your plate. Fresh or dried apricots, figs or mulberries will give your plate some sweetness and colour.
• You can serve some cured meat as well. Pastırma is the most common one in Turkey.

Jams

Any Turkish breakfast needs to include jam! The classic and most consumed ones are strawberry, cherry, and apricot. However, from pistachios to sage, everything can be made into a jam.

Rest of the recipes are pinned to comments. You can find them down below ⬇️

[esra]

Refika kariyerin kadar ülkemiz adına da ne kadar güzel bir şey yaptığının farkındasındır umarım. Başarılar, başarılar, başarılar... 💙

[bemusedindian]

I am convinced that among all "grand" breakfasts in the world, Turkish is one of the best. Excellent content.

[husnijabir]

The phrase "Only one thing is missing and that's bird's milk" is not about pigeons and flamingos. The phrase says, we have every thing except non existing things.

[erinhowett]

Speaking as an American, I'm convinced that the best breakfasts are from places that aren't the US.

[misssuosuo]

This is the first video I saw by you. It came up by coincidence and I have watched over 20 videos by you since that... in a couple of days. I’m vegetarian and always looking for new recipes to widen my food horizon.
I am Norwegian living in Italy, Rome.
I have been to Turkey 3 times in my life and I can’t wait to go back again.
Baci dalla Roma💚❤️🤍

[Refika]

Molasses and Tahini

Molasses and tahini are two inseparable friends for Turkish breakfast. There are many types of molasses like mulberry or carob but grape is usually the most preferred to go with tahini. Mix an equal amount of tahini and molasses and dig in.


Kaymak (Double clotted cream) and Honey


Another perfect marriage in a Turkish breakfast is honey and double clotted cream. Just place a couple of spoons of double clotted cream in a dish and pour some honey over it.


Börek- Gözleme (makes 5 servings)

10 sheets of phyllo dough
5 slices of white cheese (you can use any cheese that you want)

1 tomato, thinly sliced
2 green peppers, sliced
1 onion, thinly sliced and rubbed with a pinch of salt
Fresh mint leaves
Nigella seeds
Pastrami
Black pepper
Salt


Chocolate spread

String cheese


• Place 2 sheets of phyllo dough on your counter. Sprinkle some salt between the sheets.
• Rip apart the one side of the phyllo dough to make it square-ish. Place the ripped pieces onto the centre of the big piece.

• At this stage, you can put whatever you like in your börek. If you want to make a traditional one, roughly crumble the white cheese, 4 slices of the tomatoes and green pepper.
• Add a couple of fresh mint leaves and nigella seeds. You can add a slice of pastrami and some black pepper as well.

• Fold the dough over the filling, forming a square.

• Cook each side for about 2 minutes until it is crispy and golden-brown.
• To make a little naughty börek, fill with melting cheese and chocolate spread.

Sunny-side up eggs

5 eggs
1 tablespoon butter
Salt
Red pepper flakes

• Heat a copper pan and melt the butter.
• When the butter starts to brown, it is time to crack in the eggs.
• Turn down the heat.

• Cook until the egg white is brown on the bottom but the yolk is still runny. When you make a big batch, stir the egg whites without touching the yolks so the runny parts can cook easily.

• Season with salt and red pepper flakes and dip the bread in the runny yolks!

[petervan]

Refika you are horrible!!!! Sitting here in grey dull Amsterdam watching your delicious food. Can I move in with you as a roommate and extra food tester?

[ashleybinbasaran]

Refika as a Turkish Australian now residing in Izmir. l'm finally so pleased that someone is introducing something other than Turkish kebabs to the world. Our cousine is so rich but unfortunately only known for its kebabs worldwide. Love what you're doing. Just a quick note. Please don't change the names. A pizza is a pizza and a burger a burger worldwide so our dishes should be known as what they are too. Muhteşemsin. Lots a luv.😊

[tatjanakecman]

Thank you for sharing the goodness of the Turkish breakfast and in general your rich cuisine. I am from former-Yugoslavia and since Otoman Empire was there for five centuries, I do recognize many words from your language that became part of the nowadays Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegro languages.
I'd love to visit either Turkey or the Turkish part of Cyprus.

[steeeefie]

‘How good is Turkish breakfast?’, one might ask. ‘Well, I once changed my flight itinerary, just to enjoy a few hours in Istanbul for breakfast.’ This video brings back that nostalgic morning👌🏽 thank you

[yigittuncel]

For the non-turkish folk here, this is very well complemented with sitting at the table for hours and hours, talking about anything and everything in life :) Just like the raki/meze culture, you're not supposed to leave the table as soon as you're full! I live in the US, and one thing I miss about Turkey is the looong chit-chatting at the table, sipping tea until it gets bitter and bitter :D

[gabrielecostantini]

One of the best videos Refika. Thank you so much to show us how is beautiful Turkey and Turkish food. I am Italian but literally in love with everything about your country, enough to start cooking only Turkish food. Hoping that this bad covid situation ends soon in order to start to visit again Turkey and hoping to meet you one day! Thanks again to make feel me close to your country at this moment with your videos and the passion you put into making it. <3

[franarmidazainaab]

We have şamandira also in Italy, we call it "scarpetta" which translates as "little shoe" and it's soooo good. This food is very similar to central and southern Italy food (my family also makes grapes molasses we call it "mosto cotto". Mosto= grapes fresh juice before the process for wine starts. And cotto=cooked.) It's so sweet to see how we are one big family around the Mediterranean😍😍😍 Sending love

[StooshKidPonDiBlock]

I’m Jamaican but I love Turkish food, the culture and hospitality. I plan on creating a few of these dishes to serve in my household with a Jamaican twist, very grateful for this channel thank much everything looks delicious ❤️

[ingrossa]

Isn’t Bahar amazing? She makes every video and every dish look incredible! She is so crucial to the quality and atmosphere of each video. My compliments to her!

[Anyonecancookwithme]

Hi Refika, I'm indian and I love your content it's so refreshing! I can see the passion you have for your cuisine, just the way I do for mine. Would love to try yours and invite you to try mine, it would be such an honor! Love from dubai!

[arcar]

Until I came to live in Turkey many years ago, I never realized that Sunday morning breakfast at my father's parents house was almost identical to a Turkish breakfast! My grandparents were immigrants to the US. They came from an area then called 'Bes Arabia'...which was in the North Black Sea region. We are not Turks but because the Ottomans ruled that area for many years, the people apparently adopted the same customs. Hence the similarity to a Turkish breakfast at my father's parents house. No wonder I never ever had 'culture shock' when I first came here 30 years ago! Thank you Refika for all your delicious foods!

[DrGlynnWix]

I think just sticking with Simit for Simit makes sense because it's really not like a bagel other than being a circle. Make people learn the Turkish names!

[juliecuvellier]

As a Belgian, I can say that Turkish breakfasts are the absolute best breakfasts in the world !!

[zinettadalmeida]

I made this for my family of 13 ppl, and they loved the fact that breakfast had fruits, veggies, cheese, dips, eggs it had it all and they want it everyday now ❤️. Much love and thanks to you.