Saganaki - (Fried Cheese With Egg)

Submitted by Vnut-Beyond Redempt

"This recipe was adopted during the Great Adoption Feb 2005. It was picked by the Greek Cooking forum as a recipe to try out. Below you will find their comments. Thank you, ladies!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 226.79 g kefalotyri (other frying cheese is welcome)
• 29.58 ml butter
• 4 eggs
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Place some butter in a round frying pan and allow to melt, be sure to heat very well.
2. Take the kefalotiri and cut it into chunks, then place the pieces into the pan.
3. When the pieces are brown on one side turn over to the other side and fry lightly.
4. Add the eggs to the fried cheese in the pan.
5. Add salt and pepper.
6. Cook on a low heat till the eggs are done.

Reviews

[CLAUDIA NEUMANN]

A more autentic way to make this is to cut the cheese into wedges,dip in the beaten egg coat with lightly seasoned flour& put on a lines cookie sheet & freeze the cheese. This can be done at the time the cheese is bought & have it ready for when to mood strikes you. To cook heat some olive oil in a heavy skillet. When it is sizzling carefully lay the frozen cheese wedges into the skillet. Lets one side brown throughly to a medium brown then turn over carefully an fry other side. Freezing the cheese allows it to get brown & crispy on the outside, warm & melted on the inside. Serve with crusty french bread

 

[Queen Dragon Mom]

Oh, wonderful! I love this! No kefalotyri, used a combo of reggiano and queso frier. This is SO good!

 

[COOKGIRl]

Prepared this omelette style with a ratio of 1/2 T. olive oil and 1/2 T. butter and I, too cut the recipe in half. Used halloumi sliced up for the cheese and it was my first time cooking with it. Although the cheese spread out a little with frying, it maintained its shape.(All praise to the Greek chese gods.) The cheese is so salty that I omitted the salt in the recipe. Added a sprinkling of fresh chopped Greek oregano from the garden to the top of each serving for nice contrast .It's official: our kitty is half Greek, half French. Once she got a whiff of my cooking this morning with anything dairy she was a demanding little feline. Kitty loves feta and Stilton bleu cheese and now add to the list halloumi. She takes after her mama. ;)

 

[evelynathens]

Made this recipe for DH and myself for breakfast today. It's a kind of breakfast we often enjoy here in Greece. I must say I cut all the ingredients in half except for the eggs. I used about 125 grams of cheese (just over 4 oz) for the both of us, and that was generous, and 1 tblsp butter (olive oil is a great sub). I used kefalograviera, which is a cross between standard kefalotiri and greek gruyere, cut in slices rather than chunks. The cheese got nice and melty in the pan and, when it had crusted over on one side, I broke the eggs in (didn't bother to brown the cheese on both sides). Lots of pepper and a bare sprinkling of salt on the yolks and we were set for a hearty breakfast.

 

[GaylaJ]

I really liked this (as did my husband), but do agree it is very rich. I used parmesan, rather than kefalotyri, so I don't know how authentic the flavor was. Since the recipe instructions are not real detailed, this is what I did: Heated butter on med-hi, added the cheese that was cut in about 1/2 inch chunks; browned, turned over (this got pretty messy), fried a little longer and then added eggs that had been lightly beaten. I reduced the heat a bit & just scrambled as usual.I added a lot of freshly ground black pepper, but no salt because the parmesan was plenty salty. It needs to be served/eaten immediately, or at least while still very warm. I halved the recipe and it was plenty for my husband and me, since it is so rich.