Rumi Cheese Toastie

Melted cheese sandwiches are a sentimental affair for Egyptians. They can be a breakfast staple or a midnight, post-party hangover cure. Rumi is a traditional hard cheese made from cow or buffalo milk. It is Egypt’s most famous aged cheese sold in large discs with a sharp flavour like Pecorino. Commonly flavoured with black peppercorns, rumi slices are sold by weight at grocery stores all over the country.

The saltiness of the rumi cheese is tempered by juicy to