Turkish cuisine · Breakfast & Eggs

Kaşarlı Tost

Golden-brown pressed cheese toast with plenty of kaşar, served with pickles and ayran.

Ingredients · for 2 servings

• 4 slices toast bread
• 200 g kaşar cheese
• 30 g butter
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp pul biber (Aleppo pepper)
• 150 g pickled vegetables (turşu)
• 400 ml ayran

Instructions

1. Coarsely grate the kaşar cheese or cut into 3 mm thin slices and let the butter soften at room temperature.
2. Preheat the contact grill or a heavy pan over medium heat – the cheese should melt before the bread burns.
3. Thinly butter the outsides of the bread slices, top two slices generously with the cheese and sprinkle with oregano and pul biber.
4. Place the remaining slices on top, press lightly and put in the contact grill; without a grill, weigh the toasts down flat in the pan with a heavy pot bottom.
5. Cook for 5–6 min. until the bread is deep golden brown and pressed flat and the cheese oozes and strings at the edges.
6. Halve the toasts diagonally and serve immediately with turşu and ice-cold ayran.