RECIPE: A New Kind Of Grilled Cheese Sandwich With Halloumi
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April is National Grilled Cheese Month. We’ve seen many different ways to make a grilled cheese sandwich, including bread-free, low-carb versions that substitute sliced portabello mushrooms or ham—a bread-free ham and cheese sandwich, grilled on a panini press. Today we present another option: a grilled cheese sandwich where halloumi cheese (photo #2) is substituted for the bread. Halloumi, a semisoft cheese that originated in Cyprus, keeps its shape when fried. Thus, use sliced halloumi cheese instead of bread, and fill it with what you’d normally put in a grilled cheese sandwich, and grill it. It’s a reverse grilled cheese sandwich! Here’s more about halloumi cheese. You can also use yanni cheese, which is similar to halloumi; and India’s paneer cheese. The outer sides of the bread on a conventional grilled cheese sandwich are greasy with butter, since the sandwich has been fried in a pan or on a griddle. Many of us still pick them up with our fingers, though—with a napkin on the side. While you certainly can do the same with a halloumi-base sandwich, you may wish to eat this grilled cheese with a knife and fork. |
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