Name: Fried haloumi with red grapes and grilled nectarines on couscous
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 150 gram instant couscous; 250 millilitre boiling water; 1 tablespoon lemon-infused extra virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 teaspoon creamy mustard; 3/4 teaspoon salt; freshly ground black pepper to taste; 4 ripe nectarines; 200 gram red grapes; 200 gram haloumi; 2 tablespoon butter; 1 cos lettuce, washed, dried, torn into bite-size pieces

Ingredients

150 gram instant couscous

250 millilitre boiling water

1 tablespoon lemon-infused extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon creamy mustard

3/4 teaspoon salt

freshly ground black pepper to taste

4 ripe nectarines

200 gram red grapes

200 gram haloumi

2 tablespoon butter

1 cos lettuce, washed, dried, torn into bite-size pieces

Method

1.Put couscous in a china bowl and pour boiling water over it. Stir once, then cover and leave for 10 minutes. Fluff up with a fork, cover again and leave until cool.

2.Whisk oil, lemon juice, mustard, salt and pepper together and pour over couscous. Toss well.

3.Slice nectarines into thick wedges. Halve and pip grapes. Slice cheese into 5mm slices and pat dry with paper towels.

4.Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat, and when it is hot, drop in 1 tablespoon of butter. Add nectarine wedges while the butter is sizzling and cook for about 2-3 minutes each side, turning carefully. Add grapes, stir to coat them in the buttery juices, then turn off the heat. Alternatively, cook fruit in a frying pan set over a heated barbecue hotplate.

5.Cook cheese slices in a separate pan in 1 tablespoon sizzling butter over medium heat on a barbecue hot plate until lightly golden, then turn them carefully and cook on the other side. Sprinkle cheese with black pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice. Alternatively, cook cheese in a little sizzling butter on a preheated barbecue hot plate.

6.Divide couscous among four plates. Arrange cos lettuce on top of couscous then cheese, nectarine wedges and grapes. Serve immediately.

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