Warm salad with fried cheese and oranges: how to prepare a spectacular appetizer

This spectacular and satisfying salad will be a great addition to your holiday table. This dish combines light flavors of vegetables and herbs, a hint of citrus sourness, and tender halloumi cheese. This appetizer is best served warm.

The idea of preparing a warm salad with fried cheese and oranges was published on the Instagram page of food blogger Daria with the nickname recepti_dariko.

Ingredients:

• halloumi cheese - 250 g
• orange - 1 pc.
• arugula - 1 bunch
• cherry tomatoes - 200 g
• olives - 100 g
• olive oil for frying

Ingredients for the dressing:

• olive oil - 4 tbsp.
• balsamic vinegar - 1 tsp.
• herbs - 1/2 tsp.
• salt - 1/2 tsp
• freshly ground pepper

Method of preparation:

1. Make the dressing: mix all the ingredients.

2. Peel the orange (including the white films), and cut it into halves.

3. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.

4. Cut the halloumi into slices about 1 cm thick. Wash and dry the arugula.

5. Heat the olive oil in two frying pans (you need to fry in two at the same time so that both tomatoes and cheese are warm, but you can also fry in one in turn – first cheese, then tomatoes). Fry the tomatoes for two minutes over medium heat on each side. Fry the cheese on both sides until golden brown (2 minutes on each side over a slightly higher than average heat).

6. Put the arugula on the dish, then the orange, olives, tomatoes, and cheese on top, and pour the dressing.