Halloumi with Cauliflower Couscous & Honey-Harissa. So, why pick cauliflower over couscous or tabbouleh? Making cauliflower couscous couldn't be easier. You just grind up fresh cauliflower florets in a food processor until they resemble couscous.
This colourful summer salad needs minimum cooking and is filled with maximum Mediterranean flavours - crispy halloumi, glossy olives and sweet sun dried tomatoes. Couscous, veggies, crispy halloumi cheese and hummus with lots of lemon. First, couscous is probably one of my favorite grains. You can have Halloumi with Cauliflower Couscous & Honey-Harissa using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Halloumi with Cauliflower Couscous & Honey-Harissa
- You need 4 cup of cauliflower, roughly chopped (one small head).
- It's 1/2 cup of uncooked couscous.
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup of vegetable stock made with 2 tsp of vegetable bouillion powder).
- You need 1 packages of Halloumi cheese.
- You need 2 1/2 tbsp of olive oil.
- Prepare 1/2 of lemon, cut into wedges.
- It's 4 tbsp of harissa (either store bought or homemade - see my recipe attached in the comments on the cover photo of this recipe).
- It's 1/2 tbsp of clear honey.
I was eating it way before I discovered quinoa and something about the tiny rounds? This Cauliflower "Couscous" is a ridiculously simple, low carb, all natural gluten-free substitute for couscous, rice and mashed potatoes. I've been serving this for several years as a side dish whenever we. However in this case I grated it and made a version of "cauliflower couscous" or "cauls-rice".
Halloumi with Cauliflower Couscous & Honey-Harissa step by step
- Drain and slice the halloumi and leave the slices on a piece of kitchen paper to dry..
- In a food processor, pulse the raw cauliflower until it resembles couscous..
- Heat the olive oil in a medium pot on a medium heat..
- Add the cauliflower and stir it for five minutes, watching that it doesn't catch or burn..
- Transfer the cauliflower to a bowl, add the couscous and the stock, then cover it with plastic wrap and leave it to stand for five to ten minutes while you cook the halloumi....
- Put a cast iron griddle onto a medium high heat..
- Mix the harissa with the honey in a small bowl..
- Brush half a tablespoon of olive oil over both sides of the halloumi, place the slices into the hot griddle and cook for a minute on each side..
- Uncover the cauliflower couscous, fluff up with a fork and spoon onto plates..
- Just before taking the halloumi out of the griddle, sqeeze over a little lemon juice..
- Use tongs to place the halloumi on top of the couscous, then spoon over a desiref amount of the harissa sauce (taste it before you use to determine how much you will need as some are spicier than others).
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