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Padrón pepper & halloumi skewers with sweet & smokey honey drizzle

Padrón pepper & halloumi skewers with sweet & smokey honey drizzle

An Ottolenghi recipe.

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Gluten freeVegetarian
  • Serves4
  • CourseMain meal
  • Prepare10 mins
  • Cook15 mins
  • Total time25 mins

Ingredients

  • 130g Padrón peppers
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • tsp salt
  • 2 x 250g blocks halloumi, split in ½ through the natural fold, then cut into ¼

Sweet and smokey sauce

  • 2 tbsp Ottolenghi Sweet & Smokey
  • ½ lemon, juice (1 tbsp)
  • tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp clear honey

Method

  1. Heat 2 large, nonstick frying pans over a medium heat. Put the Padrón peppers in a bowl and toss with ½ tbsp oil and the salt. Thread the halloumi and peppers alternately onto 4 wooden skewers (the skewers may need trimming down to fit in the frying pan). Add the remaining 2½ tbsp oil to the hot pans. Gently fry the skewers for 12-14 minutes, carefully flipping halfway through the cooking time, until a golden-brown crust has formed and the cheese has softened. Remove from the pan and leave to rest for 2 minutes.

  2. Meanwhile, make the sauce by mixing all the ingredients together. To serve, put the skewers on a large sharing platter, drizzle liberally with the sauce and sprinkle everything with a pinch of sea salt flakes.

Cook’s tip

On Dish, the Waitrose podcast, Angela soaks the skewers in water for 30 minutes so beforehand, so they don’t burn. 

And to drink...

On the podcast, this recipe is paired with Isula Mea Syrah-Sciaccarellu Rosé IGP Ile de Beauté – a dry, pale rosé with ripe strawberry and red berry aromas, and delicate spice from the Corsica-native Sciaccarellu grape.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

2,408kJ/ 581kcals

Fat

49g

Saturated Fat

24.9g

Carbohydrates

6g

Sugars

5.1g

Fibre

1.2g

Protein

28g

Salt

4.2g

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