Halloumi and zucchini skewers, served with baked tomato sauce – Vegetarian

I like halloumi cheese a lot, I love it warm and browned in a pan, or integrated into various dishes and combinations. It is a very versatile cheese. Here, along with the baked tomato sauce, its taste is perfectly complemented by the rest of the ingredients.

Ingredients: (for 2 servings)

For the baked tomato sauce:

• 40 ml olive oil
• 2 medium red onions
• 1 head of garlic
• ~30 cherry tomatoes
• spices mix: a teaspoon of smoked paprika, a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of pepper

For the halloumi skewers:

• 2 zucchini
• 300 g halloumi cheese
• a little olive oil

For serving:

• Rucola

Preparation:

Turn on the oven to 200 degrees Celsius and let it heat up. Wash the tomatoes and peel the onion. In a pan, put the tomatoes, the onion cut into large pieces, the head of garlic cut in half, the oil and the spices and put it in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. When it’s ready, take it out of the oven, remove the peel from the garlic, and mash everything with a fork.

While the tomatoes are baking in the oven, prepare the zucchini and halloumi skewers.

With the help of a potato peeler, cut the zucchini into thin strips.

Cut the cheese in half lengthwise and then into equal cubes.

Take a slice or two of zucchini, put a piece of cheese on one end, roll it up and stick it on a skewer.

Proceed like this until you’ve finished the cheese and/or the zucchini. I got 7 skewers with 4 pieces of cheese each. Sprinkle salt and pepper on top.

Put a little olive oil in a large pan. Brown the skewers on both sides for a few minutes until they get a nice colour.

Assemble the food: Put a few generous spoonfuls of baked tomato sauce, add fresh rucola and put 3-4 halloumi skewers on top.

Wonderful and absolutely easy to do. ☺️

Ideal for lunch or dinner.

If you try the recipe, let me know how you liked it! 💜

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