Peynir Tabağı

Name: Peynir Tabağı
Prep time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 150 g beyaz peynir (brined white cheese); 150 g eski kaşar (aged firm sheep or cow cheese); 100 g tulum (crumbly cheese aged in skin); 60 g walnut halves; 200 g grapes or fresh figs; 1 tbsp olive oil

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Plate of Turkish cheeses with walnuts and fruit

6serves

40 minactive time

Goes with

Red wine

Aged kaşar and tulum have the depth and salt to meet a dry red.

Also good with rakı.

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

Ingredients

150 gbeyaz peynir (brined white cheese)
150 geski kaşar (aged firm sheep or cow cheese)
100 gtulum (crumbly cheese aged in skin)
60 gwalnut halves
200 ggrapes or fresh figs
1 tbspolive oil

Method

Take the cheeses out of the fridge 30 minutes before serving.
Slice the beyaz peynir and kaşar and break the tulum into rough pieces.
Arrange the cheeses on a board with the walnuts and fruit.
Drizzle a little olive oil over the white cheese.