For the holiday season, add a touch of originality to your table with these delicious fried halloumi bites. Crispy on the outside and melting on the inside, they are served with a greek yogurt sauce with lemon and fresh herbs, creating a festive and flavorful appetizer. These bites are perfect to start your meals beautifully and impress your guests with an explosion of flavors.
INGREDIENTS
Eggs: 2
Milk: 60 ml
Panko breadcrumbs: 60 g
Halloumi cheese: 1 block
Mint: 10 g
Garlic: 2 cloves
Flat-leaf parsley: a few leaves
Greek yogurt: 200 g
Lemon: half
Vegetable oil: 60 ml
Olive oil: for finishing
INSTRUCTIONS
1.Beat the eggs with milk in a 1st bowl, set aside.
2.Place flour in a 2nd bowl, set aside.
3.Place panko breadcrumbs in a 3rd bowl, set aside.
4.Cut the Halloumi cheese into cubes.
5.Coat the Halloumi cheese cubes first with flour, then with the egg mixture, and finally with the panko breadcrumbs.
6.Once all cubes are coated, heat vegetable oil in a deep-sided frying pan.
7.Fry the Halloumi cheese cubes until golden brown.
8.Prepare the sauce: mix Greek yogurt with juice from half a lemon.
9.Add chopped mint, flat-leaf parsley, and finely chopped garlic to the sauce. Mix well.
10.Drizzle olive oil over the sauce and use it as a dip for the fried Halloumi bites.
Enjoy your meal!
