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Grilled Halloumi Cheese
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Grilled Halloumi Cheese

Grilled halloumi cheese with crisp grill marks, served on an arugula salad with a honey-lemon vinaigrette

⏱ 20 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
🧀 Dairy🥬 Vegetarian🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Salad Dressing

  1. 1
    In a small bowl, whisk the oil, lemon juice, honey and black pepper until smooth.
    Bowl

To assemble

  1. 2
    Heat a grill pan over high heat.
    ⚙ Greased Flat PanStoveGrill pan
  2. 3
    Grill the slices of the halloumi 2–3 minutes per side, until grill-marked and browned.
    StoveGrill panSilicone spatula
  3. 4
    Arrange the leaves on a serving plate.
  4. 5
    Arrange on top the red onion and tomatoes.
  5. 6
    Lay the grilled slices of the halloumi on top.
  6. 7
    Sprinkle the nuts on top.
  7. 8
    Drizzle with the dressing and serve immediately.
    💡The dressing goes on only just before serving: dressed green leaves wilt within minutes.
390calories
16 gprotein
5 gcarbs
34 gfat
● protein 17%● carbs 5%● fat 78%

Per serving (144 g), of 4 servings

For the Salad Dressing · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Grill pan · Also works: Cast-iron pan (No grill marks) · Charcoal grill (Outdoors) · Broiler (Broiler)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Silicone spatula · Also works: Wooden spoon (Scrapes less well) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (None)

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🧩 Built from…

Dressing → Leaf Salad

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