Chargrilled Halloumi with Cauliflower Pea Fritters, served with a Roasted Red Pepper butterbean Hummus topped with a spicy crunch.

Natalie Collins

Chargrilled Halloumi with Cauliflower Pea Fritters, served with a Roasted Red Pepper butterbean Hummus topped with a spicy crunch.

Recipe Background: 

Ingredients:

Fritters

  • 200g Cauliflower
  • 150p garden peas
  • 130g plain flour
  • 2 tb spoons chopped flat parsley.
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed.
  • 3 finely sliced scallions
  • 4 free range eggs
  • 1tsp ground cumin
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Sunflower oil for Frying

Hummus

  • 2 Red Peppers
  • 3 tb spoon virgin olive oil.
  • 500g drained butter beans.
  • 3 cloves garlic chopped finely.
  • 250g tahini
  • 1 lemon juiced.
  • 2-4 ice cubes
  • 1tsp ground cumin
  • Salt & pepper.

The Crunch

  • 50g pumpkin seeds
  • 50g sunflower seeds
  • 50g almonds skins on
  • 40g sesame seeds
  • 40g nigella seeds
  • ½ tsp chilli flakes
  • 2 tsp flakes salt
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Method: 

Cut Cauliflower into florets and cook in boiling salted water for 12 mins add peas for the last 2 mins. Remove and leave drain

in a colander. Place the rest of ingredient of the batter into a bowl and whisk together. While warm crush cauliflower and peas

roughly with a fork or potato masher. Stir into the batter mix, shallow fry on both sides for roughly 2 mins until golden each

side. Place on kitchen paper to remove excess oil. Leave aside.

Roast Peppers in oven for 20 mins at 180deg remove and place into a bowl and cover with cling film to sweat, when cool peel

peppers and leave aside. Place garlic and peppers in the food processer to puree add beans, cumin, and seasoning. Place 2

ice cubes at a time and let it blend with the drizzle in olive oil, lemon juice and leave on full speed for 4-5 mins, The mixture

should be of a loose consistency.

For the crunch mix all ingredients in a bowl till evenly coated. Place in a pre-heated oven on parchment paper at 180deg for

15- 20mins stirring occasionally, remove and leave cool. Store in an airtight container and can hold for up to a week.

Cut Halloumi in half length ways. Make sure your grill is on high, heat on the grill for 2 min on each side until seared and

gooey and melted. Season with salt and cracked pepper.

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