Halloumi wrapped in red pepper with lemon & chilli

Halloumi wrapped in red pepper with lemon & chilli

A pepper-perfect veggie recipe for the barbecue, filled with tangy halloumi cheese - there's an 'if it rains' version too

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Grill or roast the red peppers whole until they begin to soften (if you like them skinned, keep going until you can skin them). You need them soft enough to wrap the cheese but not too soft or you won't be able to cook them again.
  2. Open out each red pepper by making a cut down one side and trim the tops and bottoms off so you end up with a strip. Put a slice of halloumi in the center of each strip. Sprinkle over some lemon zest and juice, divide the chilli, oregano and olive between them, then roll the red pepper around the halloumi. It doesn't matter if the cheese sticks out at each end. Tie the rolls with some kitchen string that you have soaked in water (or secure with a cocktail stick) and press down with the palm of your hand so they flatten slightly.
  3. Heat the barbecue. Barbecue the red peppers on both sides for 5 minutes or until they are starting to char and the cheese is softening and browning at the ends (keep an eye on the string as it could burn off).
Try

If it rains...

Grill or griddle (char-grill) the red peppers on each side until charred and the halloumi begins to soften.

Per serving

206 kcalories, protein 11.6g, carbohydrate 10.3g, fat 13.4 g, saturated fat 7.5g, fibre 2.5g, salt 2.02 g

Recipe from olive magazine, June 2005.

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  • 2008-03-03 21:41:59.655122

    Alice rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Easy peasy, visually stunning, and unbelievably tasty. I didn't bother with the string (too much of a faff) and it still worked fine. I found that putting them under the grill or baking them in the oven worked almost better than BBQ or char-grilling. (NB if you have an aga, the ONLY way to do them is to pop them into the very top of the roasting oven. If you griddle them on the hot plate the juice/sauce burns before the halloumi has even started thinking about going soft).

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  • 2008-04-01 08:24:53.272742

    Julie Bahrain rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Have made these twice now. Don't think you really need the chilli as you have enough flavour with the herbs and lemon.

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  • 2008-05-05 14:52:37.232502

    Moosepup rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Pretty as a picture and absolutely delicious - very highly recommended.

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  • 2008-08-12 16:12:57.303588

    Chocoholly! rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made these for a BBQ they went down very well! I varied the amount of chilli for different family members! :)

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    2008-09-16 11:18:55.671368

    Kez rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is a real nice change. I grilled the halloumi first and then put it in the pepper as I like this cheese cooked quite well. Served it with cous cous. Lovely.

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  • 2008-10-05 22:41:11.692442

    Janice commented on this recipe

    Absolutely scrummy. Served it with the courgette salad and roast new potatoes with butter and lemon.

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  • 2008-10-11 15:20:56.874053

    Angie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this spur of the moment using peppers from a jar, and sweet chilli dipping sauce ( I fancied some thing different for lunch and had to use what was at hand!) It worked fantasically. Really delicious and very easy.

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  • 2008-11-19 18:45:33.773493

    Sarah P rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    We've been making this for over 2 years for barbecues and is delicious. Romano peppers are slightly thinner and give a sweeter flavour but you can't go wrong with this recipe.

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  • Binder photo Zoe

    2009-01-30 18:02:06.740622

    Zoe rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These were yummerific!

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  • 2009-06-02 23:49:43.175492

    Lauren Ricci rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made these over the weekend and my friends were very impressed as I put them on the BBQ!! I have a tip tho - I only cut the stalk end of the pepper off and left the tip end on so it formed a pocket, no need for string and nothing fell out. Absolutley Gorgeous!!

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  • 2009-07-08 07:45:56.441354

    Carol commented on this recipe

    Well what can I say that hasn't already been said! I prepared these a little ahead of time so that made this an even easier recipe, I only pulled the stalk out, it came away easily and split them lengthwise so no waste! I used cocktail sticks to secure and used a griddle pan and a hot grill to save having to turn them over during cooking! SCRUMMY, a definite 'do again' in our house

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  • 2009-09-07 15:06:03.170955

    callingpiper rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • Binder photo Di

    2009-12-16 23:39:11.941372

    Di rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    The website had crashed when I went to make this so I had to improvise based on patchy memory of the recipe. I roasted the peppers in the oven first then stuffed with the halloumi. I then mixed olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, red chilli and oregano and drizzled over the stuffed peppers and some parboiled new potatoes then roasted all for around 15 mins. Turned out beautifully, will make this again - and probably stick to my version!

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  • 2010-03-28 20:38:44.426797

    Pixieloveheart rated this recipe

    3 stars

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  • 2010-04-09 16:57:17.090736

    Wildbluesun rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really nice, the textures of the halloumi and peppers worked together well. I used chilli powder because I'm lazy, and added gherkins because I like gherkins. XD Looked NOTHING like the picture but was still a fast and easy lunch. Ate it with a butter bean and tomato salad.

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  • 2010-07-07 16:52:18.058445

    Barbarella rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really lovely! I baked the pepper in the oven first, let them cool and then stuffed them with all of the ingredients. Tied them up and then put them on the BBQ for a few minutes each side. Went down a treat and will definitely be making them again!

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  • 2010-07-12 14:59:01.953502

    MDamo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very very nice. I halved the pepper and then baked in the oven as I only wanted to use only half a pepper per person. Then as the pepper wasn't quite wide enough to envelop the Halloumi block, I placed the olives & lemon juice mix (also added a chopped tomato to the mix), topped with the Halloumi block and used a cocktail stick to skewer both ends of the pepper together.

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  • 2010-08-23 20:07:12.717666

    miss.christina rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These are amazing! I've made them a few times. Last time I made a rough pesto of basil, olives and olive oil and put in on top of the halloumi before rapping them in the pepper. It made them even better.

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  • 2010-09-29 20:36:04.975076

    Paula Fletcher rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 2011-03-16 20:16:38.590673

    JimZilla rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Divine!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

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Per serving

206 kcalories, protein 11.6g, carbohydrate 10.3g, fat 13.4 g, saturated fat 7.5g, fibre 2.5g, salt 2.02 g

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