Fried Halloumi Cheese With Lime and Caper Dressing
"A Delia Smith recipe my hubby discovered. It's a cheese I love and this recipe, although unbelievably rich is one of my favorite!"
photo by Chef floWer
- Ready In:
- 17mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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2-3
ingredients
- 250 g halloumi cheese
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons well-seasoned flour
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For the dressing
- 1 lime, juice and zest of
- 1 tablespoon capers, drained
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon whole grain mustard
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander leaves
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
directions
- Pat cheese dry with kitchen paper.
- Using a sharp knife, slice it into 8 slices.
- Now prepare the dressing: Mash the capers slightly and mix in all other ingredients together in a small mixing bowl. Go easy on the salt since halloumi is quite salty.
- When you're ready to serve the halloumi, heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat.
- When the oil is really hot, press each slice of cheese into seasoned flour to coat it on both sides.
- Add them to the hot pan and cook 1 min on each side. The color should be a nice golden brown.
- Serve them straight away with the dressing poured over and garnished with coriander.
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Reviews
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I'm a big fan of halloumi so always looking for new variations to the theme. I thought the dressing was a bit "busy" with too many ingredients taking away the flavour from the halloumi. I would have preferred some balsamic dressing to offset the saltiness of the cheese. However, we thoroughly enjoyed experimenting with your recipe, hence the four stars! -
I loved it. My daughter turned her nose up at the dressing and then said put some on the side - then she came back for more. I think we have a convert to capers. :) -
Yummy! I had a block of Cyprus Style Haloumi sitting in the fridge (which is a staple food growing in a Cypriot household). I am so glad I found this recipe, everything was so perfect. I normally don't flour my haloumi but I gave it ago and I can see why Luschka advised it. It gave it a crispy coat and it also soaked in a lot of the dressing. I had to alter the dressing and I used parsley instead of coriander leaves because it was all I had at home, however I did add some coriander powder to the dressing so the flavour was still there. I can't wait to get my mother to try it when she returns from her overseas trip. Thank you so much Luschka. -
Normally when I fry halloumi I don't flour it, but I trust Delia, and I wanted to follow the recipe, so I did, and it was fantastic. I didn't find it messy, and it gave the cheese a nice crunchy crust. The only change I made was to leave the mustard out of the dressing (allergy), and it was just fine without it. I served this on a bed of red coral lettuce, and there was plenty of dressing to cover the lettuce and the cheese, so it made a great salad! So yummy. Thanks Luschka! -
Yummy! You can't go wrong with Delia and halloumi together. I found that flouring the cheese was very messy and not really necessary.
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Yummy! I had a block of Cyprus Style Haloumi sitting in the fridge (which is a staple food growing in a Cypriot household). I am so glad I found this recipe, everything was so perfect. I normally don't flour my haloumi but I gave it ago and I can see why Luschka advised it. It gave it a crispy coat and it also soaked in a lot of the dressing. I had to alter the dressing and I used parsley instead of coriander leaves because it was all I had at home, however I did add some coriander powder to the dressing so the flavour was still there. I can't wait to get my mother to try it when she returns from her overseas trip. Thank you so much Luschka.
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