Treat your guests to grilled haloumi with pomegranate and sumac dressing
10 Mar 2016If there is one ingredient that is sure to be a crowd pleaser, it’s haloumi. The squeaky, salty grilled cheese is the stuff dreams are made of, and is a staple in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cooking. On his travels through Lebanon, award-winning Maltese-Australian chef Shane Delia noticed haloumi everywhere – from street corners to renowned restaurants. While driving from Beirut to Sidon, he stopped on the side of the road at a simple store with a line out the door, where a moustachioed man was making fresh cheese sandwiches, with nothing but a toaster, olive oil, some labneh, haloumi, a pile of fresh flat bread, spices and a few other bits and pieces. He made Shane a toasted sandwich with haloumi and za’atar drizzled with olive oil and local sea salt, which inspired this recipe of grilled haloumi with pomegranate and sumac dressing from Shane’s latest book, Spice Journey. more
