Feta Skharas: Grilled Feta Cheese Recipe

Feta cheese is versatile. It can be combined with so many different herbs and vegetables, but this grilled feta recipe is simple and basic. You and your guests can focus on the cheese's tangy, salty goodness as it melts in your mouth. Skharas in greek and pronounced feh-tah skhah-rahspairs well with wine, either blush, white or red. They also go down well with beer, and you can serve ouzo for a classic greek touch. Make sure the feta you use is genuine feta. The real deal is made exclusively in macedonia, thrace, thessaly, central mainland greece, the peloponnese, and lesvos. Those produced in central greece and thessaly having the strongest flavor. Cheeses made elsewhere have no legal right to use the name "Feta. " They might look the same or similar, but they're typically labeled as "Feta-like" Cheese to keep in line with legal restrictions. The texture is not an indication of authenticity. Real feta can range from somewhat dry and crumbly to soft and creamy, depending on how long it's been aged.