Cheese Fingers
Tags: Appetizer Mediterranean Side Dish
Yield: 4
- 14 oz. juusto cheese, cut to make 15-16 fingers
- 2/3 cup all-purpose or almond flour
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp zatar
- cooking spray
- Preheat the oven to 400. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and place in the oven for five minutes.
- In a shallow dish, mix the flour, paprika, and zatar. You could also do this in a plastic bag. Press each halloumi slice into the flour mixture, turning to coat well. You shouldn’t need anything to help the flour to adhere, but you could spray each slice lightly with the oil spray before dredging and pressing into the flour.
- Remove the tray from the oven and spray with cooking spray.
- Quickly, so the heat doesn’t dissipate too much, place the halloumi slices onto the lined baking tray, spray the slices with cooking spray (lightly) and slide the tray into the preheated oven. Bake for 10 minutes, then flip with a thin spatula and bake for another eight minutes, or until golden and slightly crisped at the edges.
- Original recipe called for coconut flour and halloumi cheese.
- Lower-fat cheese is fine but will affect texture
- You could also try this with paneer or juusto.
