How to Prepare Fried Halloumi Cheese with Caper and Basil Dressing in 15 Minutes for Family

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Great recipe for Fried Halloumi Cheese with Caper and Basil Dressing. This is a recipe from Delia Smith, it's tangy, salty and delicious, perfect for a summer evening. Her original recipe uses coriander but we much prefer basil, so use that instead.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have fried halloumi cheese with caper and basil dressing using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Fried Halloumi Cheese with Caper and Basil Dressing:

1. Take halloumi cheese
2. Take olive oil for frying
3. Get seasoned flour (I used black pepper and paprika) for coating
4. Prepare For the dressing:
5. Prepare juice and zest of 1 lime
6. Get capers, drained
7. Take white wine vinegar
8. Prepare garlic, finely chopped
9. Prepare grain mustard
10. Prepare fresh basil leaves
11. Take extra virgin olive oil
12. Make ready Salad leaves, to serve

It's similar to mozzarella in texture, but it is brined so it imparts a salty taste and greater depth of flavor. This is an excellent grilling cheese because it doesn't melt. Halloumi slices will retain their shape when cooked, and the heat softens the rubbery (or "squeaky") cheese while mellowing the saltiness. Whisk together the dressing ingredients and set aside.

Instructions to make Fried Halloumi Cheese with Caper and Basil Dressing:

1. Snip the basil leaves into small pieces and mix with all the other ingredients for the dressing in a small bowl, or whizz briefly with a stick blender. Set aside.
2. Cut the halloumi block into 8 slices widthways, and prepare the seasoned flour in a dish. When you're ready to eat, heat the olive oil in a frying pan.
3. Arrange the salad leaves on a serving plate and drizzle over some of the basil dressing.
4. Press each halloumi slice in the flour both sides, then slide into the hot oil. Fry on both sides until golden and crispy.
5. Arrange on top of the dressed leaves, drizzle over more of the dressing and serve at once.

Heat the oil over medium heat. Serve immediately with the dressing spooned over and some crusty bread. Add the cheese slices, cut and floured sides down in a single layer. Cook for about one minute until golden brown then flip over and brown on the other side. Serve immediately on warm plates with some of the vinagrette drizzled over top.

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