My earliest food memory... Eating pork souvlaki on the street in my home town in Greece. Pork souvlaki is basically small chunks of marinaded pork cooked on a charcoal grill and served with salt, pepper, lemon juice, chilli flakes and a dab of mustard on a bit of greaseproof paper. It's still a favourite of mine, though I've never seen it done properly in England. Another one of my childhood favourites was fried fish served with this thick garlic sauce called skordalia. Apparently, I used to eat the sauce straight out of the bowl.
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Buckwheat galette with ham and cheese
Sunday 20 May 2012
Serves 4 (2 galettes each; remaining galettes can be refrigerated and used within 2 days, or frozen)
FM Mangal, 54 Camberwell Church Street, London SE5
Sunday 20 May 2012
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