Saganaki with cucumber olive salsa
Prep
8 min
Total
10 min
Serves
4-12
A fun twist on the Mediterranean favourite Saganaki with a flavourful and umami-packed olive salsa.
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Ingredients
1lb
gravier or Kefalograviera cheese, sliced into 1/2" pieces
big splash
olive oil
all-purpose flour, for dredging
1 shot
ouzo
1/4
lemon
Salsa
2
baby cucumbers
6
black olives
6
green olives
1/2
roasted hot pepper
1 tsp
chopped basil
salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat your cast iron pan to medium high heat. Portion your cheese into 1.5 inch squares and dredge in flour. Add a nice amount of olive oil to pan and bring it to a smoke. Add cheese, sear for one minute and flip, add ouzo and light with a lighter (it's not necessary but flames and kinda cool) finish with lemon juice.
- Add all salsa ingredients together. Place saganaki on a pita point and top with salsa, serve on large try and enjoy