Halloumi Cheese With Lemon And Olive Oil Food

HALLOUMI KEBABS WITH THYME & LEMON BASTE

Steps:

• Halve the courgettes lengthways, then thickly slice. Cut the onion into wedges and separate into pieces. Thread the halloumi, cherry tomatoes, courgettes and onion onto eight skewers. Cover and chill the kebabs until you are ready to cook (You can do this up to half a day ahead.)
• To make the baste, mix together the olive oil, lemon juice, thyme, mustard and seasoning. (This can be made ahead and chilled too.)
• Preheat the barbecue or grill and arrange the kebabs on the rack. Brush with the baste, stirring it first to make sure the ingredients are blended. Cook for 4-5 minutes, turning often, until the cheese begins to turn golden and the vegetables are just tender. Serve while still hot with warm pitta bread.

GRILLED HALLOUMI CHEESE

Steps:

• Brush the cheese with olive oil and place onto a medium hot grill for 2 minutes on each side, or until marked. Remove and slice into 1/2-inch pieces. Sprinkle with oregano. Drizzle the olive oil on top and squeeze the lemon juice over the cheese. Serve with grilled pita bread.

FRIED HALLOUMI CHEESE WITH LEMON AND CAPER VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the Dijon mustard, dried oregano, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• Slowly whisk in the olive oil until incorporated.
• Add the capers and set aside.
• Heat 2 Tablespoons olive oil on medium-high heat in a frying pan.
• Add the halloumi cheese slices to the pan and cook for a couple of minutes per side until golden.
• Plate the fried cheese right away atop the mixed greens.
• Spoon the citrus and caper vinaigrette on top.

LEMON & ROSEMARY HALLOUMI SKEWERS

Steps:

• Mix olive oil and rosemary in a non-metallic bowl. Grate the zest and squeeze the juice from ½ lemon, then add to the mixture. Season to taste. Stir in halloumi to coat in the marinade. Cover, then leave for 15 mins.
• Cut the other ½ lemon into 4 wedges, then cut each wedge in half. Remove the halloumi from the marinade and thread onto metal skewers with red onion, lemon wedges and courgettes. Barbecue for 5-10 mins, turning occasionally and brushing on any leftover marinade. Serve with houmous and couscous.

HALLOUMI CHEESE WITH LEMON AND OLIVE OIL

Steps:

• Slice the halloumi into 1/4 inch thick slices.
• Char-grill or pan-fry the cheese in the olive oil until lightly browned.
• Drizzle over the lemon juice and cracked black pepper.
• Serve.

CYPRIAN HALLOUMI CHEESE

Steps:

• To fresh milk add rennet and leave till set (about 30 minutes).
• Break up and place resulting mass into muslin in about two lots (this depends on the amount of milk used).
• Drain any whey from curds back into pan, leave to stand in muslin for about half an hour after which they will be firmer and in oval shape.
• Meanwhile bring whey to the boil.
• any curds which form on the top may be gathered and used fresh/ add sugar and cinnamon or placed in muslin and hung to dry to form a hard cheese suitable for grating onto pasta etc.
• Once milk has come to the boil, remove soft curds from muslin and place into boiling pan.
• Simmer gently until the cheese floats to the top, but certainly for approximately 20 minutes.
• Remove cheese, if liked, sprinkle with salt and fold in half and place a weight on top.
• Leave in fridge for at leave 2 hours before use.
• It may be stored in a jar with a small amount of the whey (keep cool).
• The remaining whey may be used to boil spaghetti in, when cooked, cooked chicken may be added to form a soup, serve with bread (this is a typical Cypriot lunch, nothing is wasted) The soft curds which form on the top to which sugar and cinnamon are added can be made in to'cakes' filo type pastry is filled with the mixture and then deep fried for a few moments, delicious!

HALLOUMI WITH CAPER AND LEMON DRESSING

Steps:

• Tip the grains into a bowl.Add a good squeeze of the lemon juice and some seasoning, then toss through the herbs, tomato and spring onion.
• Dry-fry the halloumi in a non-stick frying pan until golden. Whisk 1 tbsp olive oil with the remaining lemon juice, the capers, chilli and garlic.
• Put the grain salad on plates. Top with the halloumi slices and spoon over the dressing.

GRILLED HALOUMI CHEESE AND LEMON

Steps:

• Prepare a gas grill for direct-heat cooking over moderately high heat.
• Cut 8 thin slices from lemons, then squeeze enough juice from remainder to measure 2 tablespoons and put in a bowl.
• Halve cheese diagonally, then cut each triangle, cut side down, into 1/3-inch-thick slices.
• Mince garlic and mash to a paste with a pinch of salt using side of a large heavy knife, then add to lemon juice. Whisk in salt and sugar until dissolved, then add 1/4 cup oil, whisking until combined.
• Separately toss lemon slices and cheese each with 1/2 tablespoon dressing.
• Brush both sides of bread with remaining 2 tablespoons oil.
• Grill bread, cheese, and lemon slices on grill rack, covered, turning over once (use a metal spatula to scrape under cheese to loosen before turning), until bread is toasted (2 to 3 minutes total), grill marks appear on cheese (3 to 4 minutes total), and lemons begin to wilt (4 to 6 minutes total).
• Whisk dill into remaining dressing. Divide bread among 4 small plates and top with cheese and lemon slices. Drizzle with dressing and serve immediately.