Mediterranean halloumi salad
- Published: 31 May 10
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
This lovely vegetarian halloumi salad recipe is bursting with fresh sunshine flavours and best served with crusty bread.
And because one halloumi recipe is never enough, see our page on 19 ways with halloumi.
- Serves 4
- Takes 20 min to make, 10 min to cook
Ingredients
- ½ small red onion, finely sliced
- 6-8 medium vine tomatoes, sliced
- 100g roasted red and yellow peppers in oil, drained and sliced
- 15-20 caperberries
- Handful small black olives
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 x 225g packs haloumi
- Handful fresh basil leaves
- Crusty bread, to serve
Method
- Place the onion in a small bowl and pour over enough freshly boiled water to cover. Leave for a minute, then drain and rinse in cold water. Lay the sliced tomatoes on a platter and scatter over the blanched onion, roasted peppers, caperberries and olives. Drizzle with 2 tbsp of the olive oil, season well and set aside.
- Thickly slice the haloumi. Heat a frying pan over a high heat and cook the cheese in batches for a minute on each side until golden. Add the cooked haloumi to the platter, drizzle with the rest of the olive oil and sprinkle over some basil leaves. Serve with crusty bread.
- Recipe from June 2010 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 568kcals
- Fat
- 38.8g (20.6g saturated)
- Protein
- 27.7g
- Carbohydrates
- 29.2g (7.7g sugar)
- Salt
- 4.1g
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I try to make this salad every Summer if we have friends/family round for a BBQ, it’s delicious. I’m making it tomorrow for a lunchtime treat when a friend pops round. Can’t wait.
I love this recipe because it’s so simple, vibrant and fresh and yet wholesome and satisfying.