Grilled Halloumi Cheese with Blood Oranges
Grilled Halloumi Cheese with Blood Oranges is one of our favorite appetizers. Greek Halloumi cheese, grilled and topped with blood oranges.
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Servings: 8 appetizers
Ingredients
- 8 oz. of Halloumi cheese
- 1 blood orange cut into 4 slices and then each slice halved
- 1 French baguette sliced into 2-inch slices
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 9-10 fresh thyme sprigs
- Honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°Brush both sides of the baguette with 1 tbsp of olive oil.
- Place the baguette slices on a cookie sheet and bake them until they just start to turn brown and crispy; usually about 10-15 minutes.
- When the baguette slices are brown and a little crispy, remove them from the oven and let them cool.
- Change oven temperature to broil.
- Cut Halloumi cheese into 8 even 1-ounce slices.
- Turn the stovetop burner on medium-high.
- Add 1 tbsp of olive oil to a cast iron or heavy skillet. Add the Halloumi slices and fresh thyme leaves.
- Grill the cheese for 3-5 minutes on each side until it turns to a light brown color.
- When the cheese is brown on both sides, top each piece of cheese with 1/2 orange slice.
- Place them in the oven on broil for another 3 minutes - watch them carefully so they don't burn and if they are getting too brown remove them before the 3 minutes.
- Serve on top of toasted baguette slices.
- Drizzle with olive oil and honey.
- Garnish with the remaining thyme sprigs.