salad

strawberry salad with speck and halloumi

servings
4

method

Most people think of strawberries as something they’d only eat for dessert, but they work so well in salads. Especially when paired with halloumi cheese, which I just love. It’s a Cypriot cheese made from goat’s or sheep’s milk and you can get it from all good supermarkets. It’s like a chewy feta but one you can cook with. When fried or grilled it goes all crispy on the outside and soft and slightly chewy on the inside. A brilliant thing to eat.

In a bowl, drizzle the sliced strawberries with a good splash of balsamic vinegar, the lemon juice and some extra virgin olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. This will draw out and flavor the lovely strawberry juices.

Preheat a large non-stick frying pan to medium hot and add a splash of olive oil. Press a basil leaf on to each slice of halloumi. Place the slices, leaf side down, in the frying pan and fry for a minute. Turn over carefully and fry for another minute until the halloumi is light golden and crisp.

Get yourself four plates and place a couple of pieces of the crispy halloumi on each. Put the mint, the rest of the basil leaves and the salad leaves into the bowl with the strawberries and toss together. Pile some of the strawberry mixture in the middle of each plate and drape the speck over the top. Finish with more salad leaves. To serve, drizzle with balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil.

• from Jamie at Home

ingredients

• 300g strawberries, hulled and cut into 0.5cm slices
• good-quality balsamic vinegar
• juice of ½ a lemon
extra virgin olive oil
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• olive oil
• a few sprigs of fresh basil, leaves picked
• 250g halloumi cheese, cut into 8 thin slices
• a few sprigs of fresh mint, leaves picked
• a handful of mixed salad leaves, washed and spun dry
• 8 slices of speck

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1. by jolene on Sun 04 Dec 2011 @ 14:25

i got my speck from rummingtons supermarket- brumley i hope this is a helping hand! by the way jamie i love this combonation nice on a summers day with the fruit.

2. by Manuela on Mon 13 Jun 2011 @ 14:34

@ Adelina: you can take mild Spanish or Italian ( I take German) ham in very thin slices. Ask your butcher, he should be a great help :-) Greetings from Germany

3. by Manuela on Thu 02 Jun 2011 @ 17:59

This is really good, if you have hot weather and barbecue in the evening. Then I serve this as final meal to end the barbecue and everybody loves it. First they struggle with me how you can put pepper and salt to strawberries but they are suprised by the taste!!!!!!!!!!<br /> Just love it! Everyday again for me.

4. by Adelina on Thu 24 Mar 2011 @ 22:58

I would love to make this recipe but not familiar with what is speck?

5. by amanda on Sun 11 Apr 2010 @ 12:02

So delicious. A pleasant surprise to have strawberries in a savory dish. The perfect entree

6. by nat farren on Thu 02 Jul 2009 @ 14:34

where can you get speck from? i hope you got yours from sainsburys jamie! lol

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