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36 irresistible recipes that prove halloumi makes everything better

Squeaky, salty and golden, halloumi adds a magical touch to every meal, from fresh salads and fritters to hearty burgers and pastries.

36 recipes
Summer on a tray: roasted seasonal veg topped with slabs of halloumi.
EASY

Katrina Meynink’s summer veg and halloumi one-tray wonder

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This colourful vegetarian balance bowl is ideal for lunch al desko or a light dinner.
EASY

Sarah Pound’s risoni and golden halloumi bowl with summer vegetables

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Grilled vegetable halloumi sandwich.

RecipeTin Eats’ grilled vegetable halloumi sandwich

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Green bean and chickpea salad with crispy halloumi and tajin dressing.
EASY

Green bean and chickpea salad with crispy halloumi and tajin dressing.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Squeaky slabs of barbecued halloumi.
EASY

Barbecued halloumi with dukkah, honey and pomegranate

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Caramelised halloumi brings its golden magic to this pasta salad.
EASY

Mediterranean pasta salad with golden halloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
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One-pan wonder: Roast chicken marylands and haloumi cheese with added fresh honeycomb (if you're feeling extra).
EASY

One-pan chicken and halloumi bake with honey and lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry’s warm salad of halloumi, grapes, olives and pomegranate with lemon vinaigrette.
EASY

Warm halloumi salad with pomegranate and lemon dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Spanakopita with puff pastry and halloumi.

Halloumi spanakopita

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Lamb with halloumi and fast tomato sugo.

Lamb with halloumi and fast tomato sugo

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Zucchini and halloumi fritters with garlic yoghurt.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s zucchini and halloumi fritters

  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Haloumi, zucchini, Israeli cous cous salad. Sage Creative recipes for Good Food online and Home Front. September 2021. Good Food use only.
EASY

Halloumi, zucchini and cous cous salad with tomato chutney dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
This comforting beef, cherry tomato and halloumi bake comes together without fuss.
EASY

Sarah Pound’s beef, cherry tomato and halloumi bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Sarah Pound
Mexican salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Mexican salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Karen Martini’s silverbeet and halloumi pies with sausage (or ricotta).

Silverbeet, sausage and halloumi pies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
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***EMBARGOED FOR GOOD WEEKEND, JANUARY 28/23 ISSUE*** Karen Martini recipe: Grilled asparagus, haloumi, pine nut and pomegranate salad Photography by William Meppem (photographer on contract, no restrictions). Image rotated and reuploaded for Good Food online.
EASY

Grilled asparagus, halloumi, pine nut and pomegranate salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Build-your-own souvlaki bowls.
EASY

Chicken souvlaki bowls with halloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Karen Martini’s spicy brown butter rice with halloumi and pomegranate.

Karen Martini’s spicy brown-butter rice with halloumi and pomegranate

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Butterflied roast chicken with herb and haloumi stuffing.

Roast chicken with halloumi stuffing, mint and pomegranate

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Contrasting flavours and textures make this salad sing.

Donna Hay’s risoni and chilli-honey halloumi salad

  • Donna Hay
Cannellini bean salad with lime and halloumi.
EASY

Mexican cannellini bean salad with lime and halloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Rachel Khoo’s colourful cabbage crunch salad with halloumi.
EASY

Rachel Khoo’s cabbage crunch salad with fried halloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Rachel Khoo
Grilled mushrooms with halloumi and tahini.
EASY

Grilled mushrooms with garlic, tahini and halloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Cheat’s korma curry with cauliflower and halloumi.
EASY

Cheat’s korma curry with cauliflower and halloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Adam Liaw’s peach and halloumi salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s peach and halloumi salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken, halloumi and quinoa provide the fuel while mango and avocado bring the summer vibes.
EASY

Chicken, mango and halloumi salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Sausage and lentil casserole with halloumi cheese.

Sausage and lentil stew with grilled halloumi

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Mushroom burgers with haloumi.
EASY

Mushroom burgers with halloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Chargrilled fennel, carrot and halloumi salad with tarragon.
EASY

Char-grilled fennel and carrot salad with fried halloumi

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Fried halloumi with white cabbage, date and pomegranate salad.
EASY

Fried halloumi with white cabbage, date and green chilli

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Grilled haloumi and salsa verde.
EASY

Grilled halloumi with salsa verde

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Herb, spinach, halloumi, walnut and barberry fritters.
EASY

Herb, spinach, halloumi, walnut and barberry fritters

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Simple ingredients star in this salad, which tops pearl couscous, zucchini and almonds with golden halloumi.
EASY

Pearl cous cous salad with golden halloumi, zucchini and almonds

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Neil Perry’s warm salad of halloumi with prosciutto and figs.
EASY

Neil Perry’s warm halloumi salad with prosciutto and figs

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Tomatoes and capsicums stuffed with spiced rice, dried mint and halloumi.

Karen Martini’s baked stuffed tomatoes and capsicums

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Roast muhammara and halloumi eggplant.

Dan Lepard’s roast eggplant with muhammara and halloumi

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard