

Halloumi Fries
This is a fantastic way to teach children the art of pane – which means giving your food a breadcrumb coating. This method can be used to make your own chicken nuggets, fish fingers or coating a large mushroom for a vegetable burger. We chose to pane Halloumi sticks but this could also be done with Mozzarella cheese, which would give a lovely ooze when bitten into.
Ingredients​
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125g Halloumi
1 Tbsp Plain flour
¼ Tsp Pepper
2 Eggs
100g Breadcrumbs
5 Tbsp Oil
What do we need?
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Chopping board
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Paring knife
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Three shallow bowls
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Fork
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Tablespoon
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Teaspoon
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Frying pan
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Spatula or tongs
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Plate with a sheet of kitchen roll
Tia's tip
Instead of halloumi you could use Mozzarella cheese, which would be stringy when you bite into.
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What do we do?
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Place the halloumi on the chopping board and cut into strips. Around 1/2cm thick and 1 cm wide.
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Put the flour in one of the shallow bowls and stir in the pepper.
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Break the eggs into a second shallow bowl and whisk with a fork. You need to whisk it well. Lift the fork and if it falls in a lump keep whisking.
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Put the breadcrumbs in the third bowl.
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Now you are ready to pane/ breadcrumb your halloumi.
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Take one of your halloumi pieces and dip into the flour. It needs to cover it on all sides.
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Then dip into the egg, ensuring it is covered.
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Then move it to the breadcrumb bowl and cover with breadcrumbs.
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Put the covered halloumi stick on the chopping board and repeat the last three steps until all of the halloumi sticks are covered.
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Once they are all covered put the frying pan on a medium heat.
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Add 2 tblsp of oil. Once heated add 5-6 halloumi sticks gently placing them down and away from you to stop the oil from splashing.
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Cook for around two minutes on each side. You can check while cooking you want them to be golden and crisp.
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Cook the sticks in batches until they are all cooked. You may need to add more oil.
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Once cooked place on the plate with the kitchen roll which will help drain off excess oil.
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These are best eaten warm. We served ours with a pot of salsa.
Enjoy!
IProperty of Cooking Pioneersy.