Halloumi and vegetable kebabs

This is a Greek dish.  Halloumi cooked with vegetable on skewers makes a less-usual form of kebab.  It is delicious with the mint-flavoured yoghurt.

Preparation Time: 20 Mins

Cooking Time: 10 Mins

Total Time: 30 Mins

Ingredients

For 4 servings…

For the sauce

1 tbs               Mint  - chopped       

150 gms          Yoghurt  - natural     

600 gms          Halloumi    

1                    Pepper  - red - cut into 2 mm pieces       

2                    Courgettes  - cut into 1 cm slices

                      Olive oil    

For the ladolemono

125 ml             Olive oil    

25 ml              Lemon juice            

1 pinch            Salt          

Method

To prepare the sauce...

Stir the mint into the yoghurt and chill until required.

To prepare and cook the kebabs…

Cut the halloumi into 3cm chunks.  Thread onto skewers alternating with the pepper and courgette.

Preheat a grill and brush the kebabs with a little oil.  Cook them for 8 to 10 minutes, turning every2 to 3 minutes or until the cheese has softened and formed a golden-brown crust.

Serve the kebabs drizzled with a little ladolemono.

To prepare the ladolemono…

Blend together all the ladolemono ingredients.  Note that the quantities specified will make more than is required for this recipe.

Wine recommendations

A white or light red.

Conventional

     Vouvray sec

Interesting

     Beaujolais

     Côtes de Gascogne blanc

     Côtes du Rhône blanc

     Mâcon