Recipes by Barbara Northwood

Chargrilled Haloumi With Crisp Green Salad

Nov 16 04:25pm

Serves
Serves 4

Ingredients

3 ripe roma tomatoes
1 medium green tomato
1/2 punnet yellow cherry tomatoes
1/2 telegraph cucumber
1/2 medium Spanish onion
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
100ml olive oil
60ml balsamic vinegar
400g haloumi, cut into 8 thick slices
2 baby cos lettuce, washed and separated
Fresh herbs, to garnish

Method

1 Wash the tomatoes and cut into 2cm pieces. Add the cucumber and Spanish onion, and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle with oil and vinegar, and place to one side.

2 Heat a large heavy-based frying pan to quite hot. Add a little oil, then carefully add the haloumi. Fry until golden and season lightly with pepper (no salt). Haloumi is quite salty.

3 Add the lettuce to the salad and combine well. Divide over 4 places with 2 slices of haloumi. Garnish with fresh herbs and serve with warm crusty bread.