It was awesome lunch. Seriously. My lunch was of the awesome. Easy, too!
I’ve never understood why we own a griddle. I’d never used it before today, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen my father use it either. It’s a great cast iron behemoth of a thing that I have to use both hands to pick up. Today, though, while I was deciding what to eat, it came in handy.
We had some leftover halloumi from a dinner party dad threw last week, and some tinned mango that’s been sitting there for about a million years. Halloumi and mango are a fantastic combination - vastly improved by salad leaves and some mint dressing as a starter in a Proper Meal, but also delicious alone as an ordinary lunch or snack.
First off, I emptied the mango into a colander and left it sitting in the sink. I also ran some water through it, to rinse off any leftover syrup from the tin - fresh mango would of course be better, but the point of today’s lunch was that I couldn’t be arsed to go out and buy anything!
Halloumi contains a lot of liquid, and so doesn’t fry well in a pan. This is why a griddle is perfect: use a pastry brush to brush it along the grooves quite liberally with olive oil, then turn the hob on and let it heat up a little. Cut the halloumi into slices about 0.5cm thick, and drop them carefully onto the griddle, roughly evenly spaced. Turn frequently, and basically wait till they look like you want to eat them - I carried on cooking mine till both sides were covered in deep brown grooves, but then I like Burnt Bits!
Nom nom nom. God, that was a nice lunch.
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