Les Jones

Food & Drink > Greekfest / Seeking a Good Saganaki Recipe

Greekfest was this weekend at the World's Fair site. It reminded me that I need to learn to cook saganaki. The best saganaki I've ever had was at Zorba's, an open-24-hours hole in the wall in Chicago's Greek Town. They served it in a small iron frying pan that was hot as all get out.

Saganaki is fried cheese, so it can't be that hard, but I'm finding lots of wildly different recipes. The big dividing lines are whether or not the cheese is floured, olive oil vs. butter, oregano vs. no oregano, and flambéed or not.

So, what's a good saganaki recipe?