Nigella's Halloumi With Chilli (Haloumi With Chili Pepper)

Submitted by MarraMamba

"A wonderful looking, delicious and so simple way of using Halloumi cheese, that miracle greek cheese that can be cooked in slices"

 

• Ready In: 9mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 30 slices

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons chopped de-seeded fresh red chili (about 2 medium chillies)
• 60 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 2 (250 g) packets halloumi cheese, sliced medium-thin (i.e., just under half a centrimetre)
• juice of quarter lemon

directions

1. Mix the chopped chilli and olive oil in a small bowl or cup and leave the flavours to deepen while you cook the cheese.
2. Put the slices in a non-stick frying pan for this, without any oil, and just give the cheese slices about 2 minutes a side until they're golden-brown in parts.
3. When all the slices of halloumi are cooked, transfer them to a couple of small plates. Give the chilli oil a stir, spoon it over the cheese, then give a spritz of lemon.

Reviews

[Jubes]

*Reviewed for ZWT6 Whine and Cheese visit Greece* Nice simple recipe for enjoying halloumi. The chilli just slightly flavoured the olive oil while the cheese was cooking. I would recommend at least a slight spray of oil even in a good non-stick pan- I did find that the halloumi stuck somewhat to the pan ansd so presentation wasn't as good. Loved the squeeze of lemon at the end. Photo also being posted

 

[UmmBinat]

The taste is good but I have to give this 4 stars as the cheese really stuck to the frying pan without any oil. I am used to frying halloumi cheese in olive oil. Made for ZWT6 Greece/Cyprus region, for my team, The Ya Ya Cookerhood.

 

[HappyBunny]

This is how I always serve Halloumi. It's excellent and stops the cheese from drying out.