First time making saganaki. Halloumi cheese pan-fried in ghee, finished with a squeeze of lemon while in the pan.
Looks awesome, great job!
As a sidenote, you’d never ever see whole “Opa!” thing in Greece, it was just an invention of Greek restaurant owners in US to attract tourists (much like fortune cookies). I know I should just be dismissing it as harmless, but for some reason it always annoys me when I see it :D
Once again though, great job! It looks absolutely delicious and I bet it was super tasty.
That does not surprise me lol. Made my wife’s day, though! She loves saganaki, and we can’t get it at any restaurant within at least 2 hours of us.
And yes, it was delicious. Tomorrow I’m going to have to make homemade pita to go with it. The pack I picked up at the store was very blah.
I go to Greece on hols every other year and I’ve no idea what you’re talking about 😂 What’s opa?
in addition to what the other post said which is all correct, “opa” is like “oops” in greek, people will say it when they trip over or spill something.
Yeah, that’s exactly my point, not a thing in Greece 😄
In North American Greek restaurants they have this little show/ceremony thing where during serving a plate of saghanaki they light it on fire (flambé-style) and shout “Opa!”. It’s meant to look like a traditional Greek thing (no doubt influenced by movies like Zorba the Greek, that movie is responsible for so many cultural inaccuracies).
Cool, is it really that simple? I bought Halloumi on impulse but have no idea what to do with it
Pretty much, yeah. You can also grill halloumi, which is what I want to try next.
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I haven’t seen it done that way, only the squeeze of lemon at the end.