Cypriot-Style Cheese with Fragrant Yogurt Sauce
over rice with mushrooms & mixed peppers
The secret to perfectly grilled Cypriot-style cheese is timing - fry the cheese just before serving. Better too short than too long!
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
½ piece
Onion
75 g
White long grain rice
1 piece
Garlic
65 g
Cypriot-style cheese
(Contains: Melk (inclusief lactose))
65 g
Mushrooms
½ piece
Lemon
½ sachet(s)
Middle Eastern spice mix
½ piece
Bell pepper
5 g
Fresh flat leaf parsley
(May be present: Selderij)
25 g
Organic full-fat yogurt
(Contains: Melk (inclusief lactose))
½ piece
Romano pepper
Not included in your delivery
¼ piece
Low sodium vegetable stock cube
½ tablespoon
Extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon
[Plant-based] butter
to taste
Salt and pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Slice half of the onion into rings and finely chop the rest.
- Melt half of the butter in a pot or saucepan over medium-high heat and fry the finely chopped onion for 2 - 3 minutes over medium-high heat.
- Stir in the rice and fry for 2 more minutes, then crumble in the stock cube (see pantry for amount).
- Pour in plenty of water and boil the rice for 10 - 12 minutes, covered, then drain and set aside.
- Crush or mince the garlic. Pat the cheese dry with kitchen paper and dice into 1 - 2cm cubes.
- Quarter the mushrooms and juice the lemon. Deseed both the Romano pepper and the bell pepper, then cut both into thin strips.
- Melt the rest of the butter in a deep frying pan over medium-high heat and fry the garlic with the rest of the onion for 3 - 4 minutes.
- Stir in the Middle Eastern spices, mushrooms, bell pepper and Romano pepper and fry for 6 - 8 minutes. Add 1 tsp lemon juice per person and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Finely chop the parsley and transfer half to a bowl.
- Add the yogurt, extra virgin olive oil and 1 tsp lemon juice per person, then mix well to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Heat a clean non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat and fry the cheese for 3 - 4 minutes until evenly golden-brown (see Tip).
Tip: fry the Cypriot-style cheese when everything else is almost ready. This way you can serve the cheese as soon as it's done and at its tastiest.
- Serve the rice on plates and top with the vegetables and the Cypriot-style cheese.
- Top with the yogurt sauce and garnish with the rest of the parsley.
