Kapkırı

The paste we use are made of green olives of Antioche region (just north of Syrian border), fresh local cheese and seasoned thyme. We serve in a capia pepper half.

Ingredients:

Capia pepper, green olives, fresh local cheese, seasoned thyme.

Wine Pairing:

All aromatic white wines, especially Muscat of Bornova pair very well.

What Does Kapkiri Mean?

In creating the names of our tapas, we were inspired by the archaic Hittite language. “Kırı” means olive in Hittite language. We added the prefix KAP for capia pepper, and used the name KAPKIRI for this tapas.