Recipe
Grilled Turkish Bread Salad with Baked Cream Cheese
The centerpiece here is a whole round of cream cheese, baked with garlic, lemon rind and pepper until warm and spreadable, then set over a salad of chargrilled Turkish bread, rocket, avocado and grape tomatoes with a balsamic drizzle. The grilled pide does double duty — crouton and utensil — scooping up warm cheese as you go. A Mediterranean-style lunch for four in half an hour.
Ingredients
Salad | |
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125 | grams cream cheese (block broken into 2cm pieces) |
| • | olive oil flavored cooking spray |
1 | clove garlic clove, minced |
1 | tablespoon lemon rind, grated |
1⁄4 | teaspoon pepper, or to taste |
2 | Turkish bread rolls, halved horizontally |
50 | grams baby rocket |
1 | avocado, sliced |
250 | grams grape tomatoes, halved |
1⁄4 | cup balsamic vinegar |
1⁄4 | cup olive oil |
1⁄2 | teaspoon sugar |
| • | salt and pepper, to taste |
| • | pepper |
Instructions
Preparation | |
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| 1. | Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F). |
| 2. | Place the cream cheese on a lined baking tray. Spray with olive oil and sprinkle with minced garlic, grated lemon rind, and pepper. Bake for 10 minutes until lightly browned. |
| 3. | Allow the baked cream cheese to cool slightly. |
| 4. | Cut each piece of Turkish bread diagonally into 3 slices. Spray the bread with olive oil and chargrill (or grill/broil) until golden. |
Nutrition facts
The following values are based on a single serving of this recipe.
| Calories | 328.9 kcal |
| Protein | 4.3 g |
| Fat | 32.1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 9.5 g |
| Fiber | 4.4 g |
| Sugar | 1.2 g |
Published on Jul 25, 2024 by Luminița
