Sweet potatoes with red pepper & halloumi

Summer family recipe for 4 people, takes only 40 mins; recipe has sweet potato, olive oil, mint leaves, halloumi, red pepper, butter, lemon and parsley.

Sweet potatoes with red pepper & halloumi

Sweet potatoes with red pepper & halloumi

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Summer family
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

15 mins

Ingredients

  • Red Pepper: 4 fat strips grilled red pepper
  • Olive Oil: 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Parsley: small bunch parsley, chopped
  • Lemon: 1 lemon, halved
  • Butter: butter (optional)
  • Sweet Potato: 4 medium sweet potatoes
  • Halloumi: 225g halloumi, cut into 4 slices
  • Mint Leaves: 8 mint leaves, finely chopped

Directions

  1. Rub each potato with a little oil and salt, then wrap in a double layer of foil.
  2. Pour the oil into a bowl and stir in the mint. Add the halloumi and toss until well coated in the minty oil. Wrap each piece in a strip of pepper. Cut four lengths of foil about 1cm wide and wrap one around the middle of each parcel to hold them together. You could use skewers instead, but be careful not to split the cheese.
  3. Heat the barbecue. When the coals glow red, put the potatoes directly on them. Cook for 30 mins, turning halfway. Unwrap a potato and check if it is cooked through. If not, rewrap and cook more, checking every 10 mins. Alternatively, bake in the oven at 200C/180C fan/gas 6 for 50 mins-1 hr.
  4. Meanwhile cook the pepper parcels on the barbecue or agriddle panfor 3-4 mins each side or until the pepper chars and the cheese melts a bit. Remove from the grill and unwind the foil or remove the skewers. Split the potatoes, add butter if you like, then lay a parcel in the centre of each. Add a squeeze of lemon and scatter over some parsley to serve.