Another online “bucket list” triumph was achieved last month by a Grecian dish, with our beloved fried saganaki taking top honors in a recent survey on a popular Internet food and travel site.
According to TasteAtlas, “…Saganaki is a highly popular Greek appetizer where various vegetables, meats, or seafood such as shrimp or mussels are wrapped in cheese, then pan-fried or seared. The cheese can also be prepared on its own, without any accompaniments. It is then pan-seared until it develops its distinctive golden crust, and served in the so-called sagani, the small, two-handled pan in which it was fried.”
As the site correctly notes, the pan-fried saganaki is usually a variety of “firm cheese”, which on Greek tables is graviera, kefalograviera, kasseri, kefalotyri or even the well-known locally-produced feta, a protected designation of origin (PDO) product made from sheep’s milk.
