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Veggie Halloumi Souvlaki with Harissa by Theo Michaels

Serves: 4Chef: Theo MichaelsCourse: MainsMachine: MixerTotal time (min.): 20
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Here’s a delicious meat-free souvlaki for when you need one. The secret to cooking halloumi is, ironically, to treat it like a steak: bring it to room temperature before cooking, sear it under a high heat and stop cooking as soon as the outside has a nice crisp edge. Cooking halloumi over a low heat just dries it out, and there’s no pleasure at all to be had in eating that... The vegetables I’ve chosen here are just my preference, so feel free to improvise and use whatever you like or happen to have.

Ingredients

Accompaniments, to serve:

Tools

Method

  1. Preheat the grill/broiler to really hot.
  2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the harissa and olive oil. Add the halloumi chunks to the bowl and toss them until coated with the harissa glaze.
  3. Thread the halloumi and vegetables onto the prepared skewers, alternating between different ingredients (I skewer the asparagus in groups of three). Drizzle over a little olive oil, season with a pinch of salt, and cook under the preheated grill / broiler until the halloumi has started to char, then turn once to cook the other side, removing from the heat as soon as the halloumi is golden.
  4. Stack the vegetable skewers together on your board and scatter over the chopped mint and pinch of dried oregano to garnish. Serve with accompaniments of your choice.

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