Çilbir with Cashew Cream
Some dishes are just so perfect that you don’t need to mess with them. But, then of course you do. Çilbir is the perfect example of a dish that needs no further embellishment, alteration, or improvement. The quintessence of simplicity—tangy yogurt spiked with garlic, topped with a gently poached egg and drizzled with Aleppo pepper bloomed in some warm olive oil. There’s just about nothing that seems amiss with this picture. And yet… Sometimes you just can’t leave well enough