Cheese Saganaki

Fried Saganotyri with sesame seeds

Ingredients

• Saganotyri or any other of the above cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup of olive oil
• 1/2 cup of sesame seeds
• 1 lemon

Directions

Cut the cheese into 1 cm thick slices. Beat the egg and wet the cheese, then dip it in the sesame seeds. Heat the olive oil in a saganaki pan or if you don’t have one in a frying or sautéing pan and fry on both sides.

Serve hot with a squeeze of some lemon juice.

Grilled Halloumi with orange, fennel seeds and parsley

Ingredients

• 1 halloumi cheese
• 1 cup of green, yellow and red bell peppers cut julien
• 1 teaspoon whole fennel seed, crushed in a mortar and pestle
• a few sprigs of finely chopped parsley
• 1teaspoon orange zest
• ½ cup of orange juice
• 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

Directions

Drain halloumi and cut into 1 cm slices.

Heat a non-stick frying or sautéing pan and brush with olive oil.

Place the slices on the hot pan until they has browned on both sides. Remove to a platter.

Add another spoonful of olive oil and sauté the peppers. When they are soft put halloumi back into the pan.

Add fennel seeds and orange juice and toss the pan so that the juice will wet all pieces of halloumi.

Remove again to the platter and sprinkle with the orange zest and the parsley.