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Saganaki

Name: Saganaki
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Greece
Ingredients: 200g Kefalotyri or Halloumi; 2 tbsp All-Purpose Flour; 2 tbsp Olive oil; 1 Lemon; A pinch Oregano

Side Dish

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Cheese pan-fried until crisp outside and molten inside — a favorite Greek meze.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Saganaki is both the name of the dish and of the small two-handled frying pan it's cooked in. A firm cheese that holds its shape when heated, like kefalotyri or halloumi, is fried in the pan until crisp, then finished with lemon juice. It's a taverna favorite as a starter or with drinks, sometimes flambéed with brandy at the table.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At an Athens taverna, the waiter pours brandy over the saganaki at the table and sets it alight to cheers.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Kefalotyri or Halloumi 200g
All-Purpose Flour 2 tbsp
Olive oil 2 tbsp
Lemon 1
Oregano A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the cheese about 1.5 cm thick.
Dust both sides lightly with flour.
Heat olive oil in a frying pan and cook the cheese on both sides over medium heat.
When crisp and golden, transfer to a plate.
Squeeze lemon juice over and sprinkle with oregano.

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