Beyaz Peynir ve Kavun

Name: Beyaz Peynir ve Kavun
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 300 g beyaz peynir (brined white cheese, sheep or cow); 1 kg ripe kavun (yellow honeydew-type melon), about half a melon

/bay·AZ pay·NEER ve ka·VOON/

Chilled white cheese with ripe melon

4serves

15 minactive time

Goes with

Rakı

Salty cheese and sweet melon are the opening pair of the rakı table, each softening the anise in a different way.

Our chef's recipe, coming soon. This is the classic version, as it is made on most meyhane tables.

Ingredients

300 gbeyaz peynir (brined white cheese, sheep or cow)
1 kgripe kavun (yellow honeydew-type melon), about half a melon

Method

If the cheese is very salty, soak it in cold water for 30 minutes and drain.
Chill the cheese and melon well.
Cut the cheese into thick slabs.
Peel and seed the melon and cut it into wedges or chunks.
Serve the cheese and melon together on a cold plate.