الكوسة والحلوم مع صلصة
Juicy seared steak, griddled halloumi cheese or spicy
chilli salsa will really make your salad leaves sing...Serves 4
Meat-free delight: Halloumi cheese works well with courgettes
INGREDIENTS
- 8 medium courgettes, cut lengthways into 4-6 slices
- 350g (12oz) halloumi cheese, sliced across into 16 pieces
- 50ml (2fl oz) extra virgin olive oil
- 3 medium-sized ripe vine tomatoes
- 10g (¼oz) flat-leaf parsley, leaves chopped
- Sea salt crystals and freshly ground black pepper
- Rocket and edible flowers (rocket flowers, borage or pansy petals)
- Oven-crisped flat breads
For the sauce vierge
- 75ml (2½fl oz) extra virgin olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 25g (1oz) anchovy fillets in oil, finely chopped
- Juice of 1 lemon
METHOD1 Put
the courgettes on a tray, toss in a little oil and set aside. Put the
halloumi on a plate, coat with oil and season with pepper. Halve the
tomatoes, remove the cores, and cut into quarters.
2 Squeeze
to remove most of the seeds and chop into small dice. Heat a ridged
grill pan on a medium heat and when smoking hot cook the
courgettes for 1-2 minutes per side until ridges appear. Do the same with the halloumi.
3 To
make the sauce vierge, put the oil, garlic, anchovies and lemon juice
in a pan. Heat for 1 minute, then add the tomatoes and parsley until
just warmed through.
4 Arrange
the courgettes and halloumi between the plates and pour over the sauce.
Top with rocket leaves and scatter with the rocket and edible flowers.
Serve with oven-crisped flat bread on the side.