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Oven-Baked Cypriot Halloumi

Name: Oven-Baked Cypriot Halloumi
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 14 oz halloumi cheese; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp thyme dry; 1 tsp rosemary coarsely ground; ½ tsp black pepper; 1 hot chili pepper chopped (optional); 2 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp walnuts ground

Cypriot halloumi cheese baked in the oven with honey and herbs — an indulgent starter

⏱ 25 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Greek👩‍🍳 Afoona

🧀 Dairy 🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
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Put the cheese in a small baking dish.
Baking panorGlass / ovenproof baking dish
3
Drizzle the olive oil and honey over the top and sprinkle the thyme, rosemary, black pepper and chili pepper.
4
Sprinkle the nuts on top.
5
Bake 15–20 minutes, until the cheese softens and starts to turn golden.
⚙ BakingOvenBaking panorGlass / ovenproof baking dish
💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
6
Serve immediately straight from the oven with country bread for dipping.

256calories

11 gprotein

5 gcarbs

21 gfat

● protein 18%● carbs 8%● fat 75%

Per serving (65 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

Halloumi cheese: 364 kcal per 100 g · More about Halloumi cheese →
Olive oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Olive oil →
Thyme: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 1 g · 101 kcal per 100 g · More about Thyme →
Rosemary: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 0.6 g · 131 kcal per 100 g · More about Rosemary →
Black pepper: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 2.4 g · 251 kcal per 100 g · More about Black pepper →
Hot chili pepper: measured in pieces: one ≈ 19 g · 40 kcal per 100 g · More about Hot chili pepper →
Honey: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 21 g · 304 kcal per 100 g · More about Honey →
Walnuts: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 15 g · 654 kcal per 100 g · More about Walnuts →

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
Baking pan or Glass / ovenproof baking dish · one of them

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Baked Cheese with Honey

Baked Cheese with Honey · Baked Cheese
Possible additions: Tomatoes around the cheese · Sliced garlic around it · Oregano · Basil after the oven · Depth of the cuts · olive oil · Thyme · Rosemary · black pepper · Chili pepper · Honey · Walnuts

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