Grilled asparagus with grilled halloumi
Grilled asparagus with grilled haloumi and mustard dressing
I can’t believe what is happening with the weather at the moment. The temperatures are rising to summer levels and beyond. It’s been 26C almost the entire week, which is weird if you think that it is only April! Now I am not complaining but I am totally in summer mood and I know this will most likely not last long enough to give us a summer that is this good. Nature is slightly confused too with dandelions blooming two weeks before their time (which
was great for my photoshoot as you can see… 
)and I am sure this will eventually have an effect on crops and prices of veggies and fruit at some point.
I think we had a similar warm spring last year or the year before and the end result was that we had rain for the biggest part of the summer. I even heard on the news that apparently we are currently the warmest country in Europe! Now how weird is that??
But let me not forget to wish you all a wonderful Easter!! I don’t think there have been many Easters in the last centuries where we could actually have a barbecue or lounge on the beach! Haha… I am sure that will be source for talk in the years to come too. In the meantime this is perfect as we are entertaining some friends tonight and we’re making a wonderful roast lamb with a new potatoesalad with capers and mashed peas with mint. The starters we have done before; first off it will be this lovely little salad with smoked salmon and then followed by scallops wrapped in prosciutto. And for dessert we have Jamie’s fabulous mascarpone berry cream.
Now that sounds like a great meal right? I am a little anxious about the lamb as we are not that familiar with cooking large pieces of meat, but I think we’ll be ok…. I will share the results with you
if they are any good (and also if they’re not..lol)
But now on to the dish I am sharing with you today; a beautiful little salad with asparagus and grilled haloumi. It’s brilliant in flavor and the mustard dressing fits perfectly. It’s asparagus season and if you love asparagus this is the dish for you. It’s quick and the saltiness of the halloumi works well with the asparagus. It would be great as a small starter or it works well as a lunch on a hot summer (or spring) day as I did this week. Enjoy!
Grilled asparagus with grilled halloumi
Yield: 2
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
A delicious and quick lunch which is also perfect as an elegant little starter dish
Ingredients:
- 200 gr green asparagus
- 100 gr haloumi cheese
- 1 tbsp course mustard
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp of honey
- chives
- 1/2 tbsp of sesame oil
- salt
- pepper
Directions:
- While you heat your grillpan, make the dressing
- Put the lemon juice, mustard, honey, sesame oil and oliveoil together in a small bowl and whisk well to combine.
- Chop the chives into small pieces, but only add them to the dressing at the last minute.
- Clean your asparagus by breaking the last wooden part of the stalks.
- Brush each stalk with some oliveoil and put them on the grill for about 3-4 minutes. They should still have a good bite to them.
- Cut your haloumi into slices, brush them also with oliveoil and grill for 1-2 minutes each side.
- For plating put 3-5 stalks of asparagus per plate, drape the grilled haloumi over it and carefully add 1 tbsp of the dressing over the dish.
- Serve the remaining dressing on the side
Recipe by Simone van den Berg
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I looove green asparagus… funny weather we’re having, we’ve had a lot of rain here for the last 3-4 days, we’ve swapped our climates!
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A great dish! Simple, but refined and scrumptious.
You certainly look fit and beautiful!
Switzerland is also very warm at the moment and everything is so green. It looks like summer…
Cheers,
Rosa
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Simone (junglefrog) — April 25th, 2011 at 13:34
O Rosa, that is not me!!
I wish! Haha… this is a model we used for the photoshoot!
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Grilled asparagus and halloumi are just great together. I would love it for my lunch too.
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Yes, its been amazing weather and those yellow little weeds make a great prop for portrait shots. This is my type of dish with the slightly sweet dressing. Bookmarked!
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ha ha I laughed on your reply to Rosa
This looks beautiful never the less.
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First of all you are so cute in that sunny photo!! Love. And this recipe is awesome I am a huge fan of halloumi cheese.
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Good luck with the lamb! I recently braised a leg of lamb for Easter, for the first time. If I can do it, I’m positive your dish will be amazing! And I really must try halloumi someday, it looks great!
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Simone (junglefrog) — April 30th, 2011 at 13:25
My lamb did come out fabulous so I will definitely be making that again!
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It is the same here, we are having rains and floods in the middle of a supposingly hot summer. Just weird …
Anyway, these grilled asparagus look delicious. The photos are clean and inviting, great job!
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Simone you are an inspiration. Every time I come over here I feel like my brain filled up with visual information. Love this, love the photos, love your style.
Laura
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