Sesame honey halloumi fries
Serves: 6-8
Prep time: 20 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Nassima Rothacker
Sesame honey halloumi fries
Halloumi fries are really popular. You can serve them as a side or snack with drinks, or in wraps with salad and salsa as a vegetarian main
Serves: 6-8
Prep time: 20 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
515Kcal
Fat
37gr
Saturates
16gr
Carbs
23gr
Sugars
5gr
Fibre
2gr
Protein
21gr
Salt
2gr
Milly Millbank
Star of TV hits such as Silent Witness, Mount Pleasant and Mr Selfridge, Milly Millbank is also passionate about hearty, fuss-free food – the subject of her book Milly’s Real Food (HarperCollins, £20).
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Milly Millbank
Star of TV hits such as Silent Witness, Mount Pleasant and Mr Selfridge, Milly Millbank is also passionate about hearty, fuss-free food – the subject of her book Milly’s Real Food (HarperCollins, £20).
See more of Milly Millbank’s recipes
Ingredients
- 2 x 250g packs halloumi
- 75g sesame seeds
- 75g plain flour
- about 1 litre vegetable oil, for frying
- 2 tbsp clear honey, preferably Greek
- ½ x 30g pack flat-leaf parsley
Step by step
Get ahead
Fry the halloumi up to 2 hours ahead and keep at room temperature. Reheat at 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4 for 20 mins.
- Cut each block of halloumi into 12 fingers. The easiest way to do this is to halve each one horizontally, to make 2 thinner blocks, then cut each of these into 6.
- Tip the sesame seeds onto a plate and the flour into a shallow bowl. Roll each finger of halloumi in the sesame seeds, pressing down a little to help them stick. Dip the fries into the flour to coat, and put on a plate, ready to fry.
- Place a large, wide saucepan over a medium-high heat and pour in 2-3cm depth of vegetable oil. Once hot, fry the halloumi in batches for about 1 minute until golden brown, turning to colour evenly. Using a slotted spoon, remove the halloumi from the pan onto a plate lined with kitchen paper to drain. Quite a lot of sesame seeds will drop off into the oil, so scoop these out with a spoon in between batches so they don’t burn and affect the flavour.
- Serve the warm halloumi fries on a platter, drizzled with honey and scattered with parsley.
