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Try our nectarine and halloumi salad, then check out more ways with halloumi such as our grilled halloumi salad, halloumi pasta and halloumi skewers. Also discover more of our juiciest nectarine recipes.

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Recipe author Rosie Birkett says: "This way of scoring halloumi before grilling was something I learned from the wonderful Greek-Cypriot food writer Georgina Hayden, whose recipe for grilled halloumi with caramelised figs is also a firm favourite in our house in late summer. In this recipe, my chilli- and maple-glazed halloumi is tumbled on top of a nutty, tabbouleh-esque herby quinoa salad, which is finished with a lemony olive oil dressing. If that doesn’t say ‘peak summer’ to you, I don’t know what does."


Nectarine and chilli maple halloumi quinoa salad recipe

DRESSING

  • 1 shallot or small red onion
    finely diced
  • ½ lemon
    zested and juiced
  • 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

QUINOA SALAD

  • 3 nectarines
  • 250g cooked quinoa
    (I like the dual or tricolour)
  • 1 small bunch of mint
    leaves picked and roughly chopped
  • 1 handful of flat-leaf parsley
    roughly chopped
  • 30g roasted blanched hazelnuts
    roughly chopped
  • 50g rocket

CHILLI MAPLE HALLOUMI

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
  • 2 x 200g blocks of halloumi

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal599
  • fat40.8g
  • saturates18.7g
  • carbs25.9g
  • sugars14.2g
  • fibre4.6g
  • protein29.6g
  • salt3g

Method

  • step 1

    Put the shallot in a bowl and season with a good pinch of sea salt, then pour over the lemon juice and zest and whisk in the olive oil. Taste and season. Destone and slice the nectarines, then combine the cooked quinoa with most of the herbs, most of the nuts, the rocket and nectarine, and dress with the dressing.

  • step 2

    Whisk together the olive oil, maple syrup and chilli flakes, then use a sharp knife to deeply score the tops of the halloumi in a cross-hatch pattern, roughly 2cm deep, being careful not to go all the way through. Put them on foil in a roasting tray and brush them generously with the chilli maple oil. Heat the grill to its highest setting and grill for 6-8 mins, or until deeply caramelised and softened, basting occasionally with a little more maple oil.

  • step 3

    When the halloumi is done, tip any grill juices into the salad and toss, then cut up the halloumi into equal-sized pieces. Divide the quinoa salad between plates and top with the halloumi. Scatter over extra hazelnuts and herbs.

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