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Recipe for Saganaki

Recipe Ingredients:
2 tbsp  Flambe Brandy
1-8 ounce block  Kefalograviera, Kasseri, Kefalotryri Cheese
1 cup  Cracker Meal
1/4 cup  Milk
4 tbsp  Butter (Melted)
2 tsp  Fresh Cracked Pepper
1/2  Lemon (Juice)
  Pot Holder

Cooking Directions:
1.  Preheat the oven to broil (highest setting).

2.  Cut the cheese into half, then mix the eggs and milk in a container or bowl. Put the cracker meal or flour in a separate bowl. Dip the cheese into the egg mixture and then in the flour or cracker meal.

3.  Have a pan or iron skillet ready with the 4 tablespoons of melted butter and put the cheese in pan over high heat. Lightly brown on both sides. Put the iron skillet into the oven or transfer cheese onto a sheet of aluminum foil in the pan.

4.  Broil on the bottom rack for 5 minutes until perfectly golden brown. Remove from oven using a pot holder, pour the brandy over the cheese and ignite immediately. Wait 5 seconds until fire goes down a little bit then, extinguish the flame with the lemon.

5.  Toast the bakery bread or pita bread and cut into quarters or cut about 1/4 to 1/2 inch pieces of bakery bread. ENJOY!

    Cracker Meal (Fine) Cracker Meal (Fine)
Packaged, crushed crackers used for breading chicken, meat, and fish, or as a topping for casseroles and baked vegetables. Similar to the discontinued Nabisco cracker meal.
