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Tarhana Çorbası (Fermented Yogurt & Herb Soup)

Name: Tarhana Çorbası (Fermented Yogurt & Herb Soup)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 150 g dried tarhana crumbs; 1 l chicken or vegetable stock, hot; 2 tbsp butter; 1 tsp dried mint; 1 tsp paprika (or pul biber); Salt; Feta and bread, to serve

Turkey's ancient breakfast soup: tangy fermented tarhana crumbs cooked into a porridge-like, deeply savory bowl.

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1Ladle a little hot stock into the tarhana and stir to a smooth slurry — no lumps allowed.

2Pour in the rest of the stock gradually, stirring; simmer 15-20 min, stirring often, until thick like soft porridge.

3Melt the butter with the mint and paprika until foamy.

4Swirl the paprika butter over the soup off the heat.

5Serve with crumbled feta and torn bread — the classic Turkish wake-up.