HRT: Halloumi, Radicchio, and Tomato Sandwich
Mick Cooke splits not only his horn-blowing skills but also his sandwich-making expertise between his two bands, Belle & Sebastian and the Amphetamines. The retrieval of this recipe involved meeting up with the tireless trumpeter after a Belle & Sebastian show at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Extensive text messaging helped us find each other above the din of drums and drunkards, but I still got a taste of Mick's Scottish burr through my phone's glowing screen when he wrote, "I am at the sunken bit to the left of the stage but I shall come out front."
Mick explained this recipe in details over a round of Shiner Bocks. It's something like a BLT, but fried Halloumi cheese stands in for the bacon, and spicy radicchio, in place of bland iceberg lettuce, gives it a kick. You may need to scour your local gourmet grocery store for the Halloumi, but this creamy white cheese is worth the search.
Ingredients:
Halloumi cheese
Whole wheat bread, toasted
Radicchio
Cherry tomatoes, chopped
Mayonnaise, to taste
Directions:
1. Basically, all you do is chop the Halloumi cheese into slices about half a centimetre thick, and fry the slices in a frying pan, with no oil, on both sides, until they are nice and brown.
2. Then stick a couple of slices between some nice wholemeal bread, along with the radicchio (or any kind of lettuce would do just fine) and some chopped tomato (cherry is best).
3. Slap on a bit of mayo and, hey presto, a great veggie alternative to a BLT. It's particularly good if you toast the bread first.
Serves 1.
Borrowed from the book, I Like Food, Food Tastes Good: In the Kitchen With Your Favorite Bands, by Kara Zuaro
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