Feta Saganaki

Name: Feta Saganaki
Yield: Serves 2–4 as meze
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: Freshly ground black pepper; 2–3 tbsp. olive oil; 8 tbsp. plain flour; 1 lemon, cut into wedges; 2 tomatoes, sliced; 1 egg; 1 heaped tsp. finely chopped oregano; 200 g feta cheese

Preparation info

Serves
2–4
as meze

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Real Greek

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2016

About

In Greek cuisine, saganaki is any one of a variety of dishes prepared in a small two-handled pan, the best-known being a meltingly delicious appetizer of fried cheese. Halloumi and kasseri work well, but I like to use feta and serve it with lots of lemon, fresh tomatoes on the side and crispy pitta bread.

Ingredients

200 g feta cheese
1 egg
1 heaped tsp. finely chopped

Europe
Greece
Starter
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Slice the feta in half. Beat the egg in a shallow dish with the oregano and a little ground black pepper. Measure out the flour onto a plate.
Dip the feta slice in the egg, shake off the excess and then dip into the flour, dusting both sides with a light coating. Repeat with the remaining slice.
Heat some olive oil in a small frying pan or a saganaki. F