Grilled Halloumi & Tabbouleh Salad


250g halloumi cheese
50g bulgar wheat
1/2 cos lettuce
1/2 small bunch fresh mint
1 large bunch fresh flat leafed parsley
3 spring onions
2 ripe tomatoes
25g pine nuts
1 lemon
extra virgin olive oil
salt
freshly ground black pepper

Fill large pot with boiling water and add bulgar wheat. once boiling, reduce heat to simmer and cook for 10 minutes, or until tender.Drain in a sieve and set aside in large bowel.

Finely chop the mint and parsley.Set aside
Finely slice the spring onions.
Finely chop the tomatoes.
Add this to the finely chopped herbs.

Roast the pine nuts slowly over medium heat until golden.

Halve the lemon and squeeze the juice of one half over the bulgar wheat that has been cooling. add a good glug of extra virgin olive oil, season with salt and pepper and leave to soak up the dressing.

Grill the halloumi slices on a griddle pan for 1-2 minutes until slightly charred.
Turn and repeat for other side.
Remove from the heat.

Add the chopped tomatoes, herbs and spring onions to the bowel of bulgar wheat and stir through to mix the flavours.

Divide the cos lettuce leaves on the plates, spoon tabbouleh into the lettuce and top each portion with slices of halloumi.

Drizzle lightly with extra virgin olive oil, scatter the pine nuts on top.
Cut the remaining lemon into wedges to serve

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