In Greek cuisine, the combination of cheese and honey is a classic. Either in the form of pita, saganaki, or plain cheese. Is this combo popular in your country, have you tried it?

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Immediate_Engine3066@reddit

Not with honey, with şerbet, and Künefe is the end game boss

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_Stalwart_@reddit

What is is hooy thing that blessed me eyes and why was I not aware of its existence? How does it taste?

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vajrapani1@reddit

All the time in Portugal with walnut.

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hubbabubbameqershi@reddit

Same in Albania. With walnuts, yogurt and walnuts, with lemon too.

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freddo_expresso@reddit (OP)

Lemon? You mean lemon zest or you squeeze the lemon into the yogurt?

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hubbabubbameqershi@reddit

In Albania a cold remedy is submerging walnuts and pieces of lemon into honey. It's tasty, I love it.

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freddo_expresso@reddit (OP)

In Greece we do Greek yogurt topped with honey and walnut, it's a classic here.

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ringtail_catz@reddit

Grilled halloumi either honey is one of the best foods I’ve ever had.

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Zealousideal_Cry_460@reddit

There are a few cheese-sugar dishes in Turkey, sometimes, but not always with honey, the most famous probably being Mustafa Kemal tatlısı and Künefe

Then theres Kaymak, which is largely served with honey rather than sugar syrup but its not a cheese, more like stiff, tougher whipped cream.

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freddo_expresso@reddit (OP)

We also have some desserts with cheese and sugar, if we exclude honey.

In Crete there are "kaltsounia" small cheese pies with sugar and cinnamon, they are divine.

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Twofingers_@reddit

Kaltaounia slap hard! They are my fav by far.

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These are real nice. We have a sweet cheese pide in the antep region that's made with copious amounts of butter and sugar to the point of butter and sugar turning into a syrup that coats the whole thing. It's fantastic.

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freddo_expresso@reddit (OP)

Greeks are allergic to butter 😪

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Equivalent_Bag_3634@reddit

In Greek cuisine the combination of cheese and……………. it’s a classic.

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Chemical_Big5358@reddit

Graviera cheese with honey is so good.

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Commercial_Law_1689@reddit

I do this a lot. And with hazelnut paste too. (Fiskobirlik.)

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refinedeuropa@reddit

Hiç hayal edemedim Denenmeli mi

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Commercial_Law_1689@reddit

Hocam, sicak koy ekmegine, tereyagi, fiskobirlik, kaşar acayip oluyo.

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Emir_1923@reddit

İ like jam+cheese more

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refinedeuropa@reddit

Bal kaymak combo is my favorite for the breakfast

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freddo_expresso@reddit (OP)

I've had it years ago in an old-school place in Istanbul, kaymak from Black Sea buffaloes if I remember correctly.

The thing is, it's not salty, it's kind of neutral. In Greek cuisine it's salty cheese that is a great contrast with sweet honey, it's polar opposites that balance out eachother and it's crazy good.

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refinedeuropa@reddit

Yes when its done buffalo milk its the thickest one and yes its not sweet but definetely not salty Btw I like to eat salty cheese with honey or jam,marmelade on my bread :)

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freddo_expresso@reddit (OP)

It reminded me of Greek yogurt with honey and walnuts, that is extremely popular here especially for breakfast. Greek yogurt is much thicker than the one I had in Turkey, more like kaymak but more tangy.

My grandpa, from Crete, used to dip myzithra cheese straight in the honey jar. I was addicted since then hahah.

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Commercial_Law_1689@reddit

For that consistency you need to look for Suzme yogurt.

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Improvised_Excuse234@reddit

Saganaki with spiced honey is incredible out of an oven.

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invalid95@reddit

Did not, but would devour it in seconds

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yourdaddyxoxowuw@reddit

When I eat things with cheese I like them to be salty. Looks nice but not for me

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Dimi7rozavar@reddit

White brine cheese with honey is top combo. It's quite popular for breakfast.

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freddo_expresso@reddit (OP)

Is that what we call feta? In Greece we wrap the fera slice with phyllo, sprinkle with sesame, bake it, and when it's crunchy outside and melted inside we top it with honey. It's a very popular dish here, you can find it in most tavernas. It's so good.

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Dimi7rozavar@reddit

Ehh, we have sirene here, not feta. They are quite similar but still different enough to consider them different products.

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North-Library4037@reddit

It similar to feta. We also eat cheese and honey with pancakes or french toast.

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mihor@reddit

I put honey in my greek yoghurt all the time. 🇬🇷❤️‍🔥

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BurgurluGenc031@reddit

İn here turkiye we do it more like with the cream from yogurth we produce called 'kaymak'.

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_belly_in_my_jelly_@reddit

I'm surprised kaymak isn't more widely available. In Serbia, we inherited it from the Ottomans, piece of homemade bread, kaymak and tomato is a petfect snack/breakfast

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freddo_expresso@reddit (OP)

Yes I've had it in Turkey! It kind of reminded me Greek yogurt with honey and walnuts, our yogurt is super thick like kaymak almost.

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Neckbeard_Sama@reddit

honey, not so much, but HU cuisine has some sweet dishes with cottage cheese

it's a pretty popular filling in crepes with raisins for example or in strudel

we also have cottage cheese coated with milk chocolate, called túró rudi

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DrinkInevitable3457@reddit

I mean, we do have "mladenčići," which are made on Mladenci (22 of March each year) that is celebrated by newlywed couples in the last year, but those are round breads topped off with honey; no cheese involved.

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name2sayMKD@reddit

Not shure, but defenetly will try😁

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radube@reddit

We have something similar but not exactly a cuisine. For something to eat quickly, without cooking. We just cut some slices of bread, put on top some butter, cheese and honey and you are ready to eat. Another combination is butter, cheese and confiture.

But yes, cheese and honey is a great combination.