Recipe: Grilled Pluot and Cheese Skewers

Serves 4
Recipe from Real Simple

Halloumi cheese is a firm Greek cheese, perfect for grilling with summer stone fruit!

Ingredients:
cup olive oil
1/4 teaspoon chopped garlic
1 teaspoon chopped thyme
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 pluots, sliced
8 ounces Halloumi cheese, cut into 16 pieces
1 lemon, cut into wedges
4 cups baby arugula

Method:
Whisk together olive oil, garlic, thyme and salt. Toss with pluots and cheese, chill 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

Preheat grill or grill pan over medium-high heat. Skewer alternating pluot and cheese pieces on eight 8-inch skewers. Reserve marinade.

Grill skewers 2 minutes on each side or until charred.

Serve skewers and lemon wedges on a bed of baby arugula drizzled with reserved marinade.

 

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