Earlier this week, while walking through the Alsancak section of Izmir in search of a flaky, savory breakfast at Dostlar Boyoz Fırını, Mamma Parla, Rita and I caught the aroma of toasted sesame seeds and followed our noses. They led us to the corner of 1464 and 1466 Streets where people were queued up waiting for fresh-out-of-the-oven gevrek, a sesame-crusted bread ring similar to simit.
We hopped in line for a few gevrek and kupru kumru (a toasted roll filled with cheese and tomatoes), which we devoured instantaneously. Afterwards, I was invited inside to see how gevrek is done. It starts with forming the dough into rings.
They are then dropped into boiling water mixed with pekmez (grape molassas).
After a brief session, they are lifted out with a strainer and drained.
They are then encrusted in sesame and baked in a stone oven.
They are removed and immediately sold to patiently waiting clients. The smart ones also grab a kupru (in pan in foreground) or two.
Here they are being made before stone-oven-toasting.
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October 29th, 2012 at 4:22 pm
it’s called “kumru”
Boyoz for Breakfast in Izmir, Turkey
October 29th, 2012 at 4:43 pm
[...] Izmir isn’t my favorite place for dining in Turkey. In fact, during our four-night stay last week, most meals left me disillusioned, disappointed, and distraught. Among the city’s highlights were its breakfast pastry, boyoz, a flaky savory bun served with oven-baked hard-boiled eggs. They were number one on my hit list after reading this post about Dostlar Boyoz Fırını on Istanbul food. Mamma Parla, Rita, and I paid a visit after a quick bite at the nearby gevrekçi. [...]