Thursday, May 01, 2008

Risoni with Halloumi, Avocado and Coriander

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The combination of cumin, lemon and coriander is really my favorite at the moment. I'm completely in love with it! The inspiration is really from Isabel's Cantina, a book by Isabel Cruz which I've written about before. I made a great quinoa salad from that a while ago (I'll post about that, too, soon) and ever since.. I've been craving the combination.

I liked this salad even more than the original actually - halloumi cheese and avocado are great together, and they really soak up the flavors.

Risoni is a small rice-shaped pasta - I think it's called Orzo in some places. You can use any small pasta though - it won't matter. And halloumi is a cypriotic cheese that doesn't melt when it's heated. It retains it's shape and gets a great golden crust - delicious! Nigella describes it as eating styrofoam and she has a point as it's wonderfully squidgy.

I love this alongside grilled meat, but it'd go well with a nice piece of salmon as well, or chicken for that matter. It's a very versatile side dish - but it'd work great on its own, too.

Risoni with Halloumi, Avocado and Coriander
Serves 2

150 g risoni or other small pasta
125 g halloumi cheese, in small cubes
1 avocado, diced
100 g cherry tomatoes, halved
1 small red onion, finely sliced
1 large buch of fresh coriander, chopped
1 lemon, juiced
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 tbsp olive oil
salt, pepper, cumin

Boil the risoni in plenty of salted water. Drain and rinse in cold water. Fry the halloumi with a little bit of oilve oil until it's golden brown. Mix the risoni with avocado, tomatoes and red onions. Whisk together lemon, vinegar, a tiny bit of oil, salt, pepper and cumin. Add this to the rest of the ingredients with the halloumi, and finally, the coriander.

Recept på svenska:
Risoni med halloumi, avocado och koriander

7 comments:

Kalyn Denny said...

This sounds really good. I finally found Halloumi in a store here and I'm quite obsessed with it.

Jeanne said...

cumin, coriander AND haloumi in one dish? You're killing me here! How wonderful and suitably summery too :)

Nina Timm said...

Oh my gosh, I like the rare meat with this divine looking salad.

Anonymous said...

the recipes you feature in your blog are very interesting! definitely i will link you up in my blog. please do too i hope!

A said...

Well, yum! I found this at another site (matklubben.se) and thought it sounded different and nice. Really nice. I thought that if this turns out as good as it sounds, then maybe I should tell Anne about it...? Then I scrolled down further and saw "Source: Anne's food"...

Well, I know I made a mental note about it already when I read it here months ago, but mental notes are often forgotten. Though, there was still something there that made me think of you :-)

And yeah, it really was yummy. Superb!

Anne said...

Nikka, how funny! I have to check out Matklubben, I can't remember if I'm a member or not...

Anonymous said...

Delicious salad!!! Thanks a lot for the recipe!