By Eline Truyen
Veggie paella with halloumi
14 steps
Cook:50min
In this vegetarian paella, the chicken or fish is replaced with grilled halloumi cheese and stewed and grilled vegetables on the side. Make sure there is a crust at the bottom (the soccarada) and that the top is juicy. That's the secret to a perfect paella.
Updated at: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:43:43 GMT
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Ingredients
4 servings
Instructions
Step 1
Warm the vegetable stock.
vegetable stock1.5 LStep 2
Peel and chop the onions.
onion2 Step 3
Heat a splash of olive oil in a paella pan. Sauté the onions.
Wokonion2 
olive oilStep 4
Crush and peel the garlic. Chop the cloves and crush with a knife. Add the garlic pulp to the onions.
cloves of garlic2 Step 5
Peel the peppers. Remove seeds and seeds. Cut the flesh into cubes. Sauté the diced bell peppers with it.
red bell peppers2 Step 6
Add the paella rice and simmer for a few minutes. Add an extra dash of olive oil if necessary.
Paella rice500 gramolive oilStep 7
Season with saffron, salt, cayenne pepper and paprika.
Saffron powder2 capsPaprika powdercayenne pepper
saltStep 8
Pour in most of the hot vegetable stock.
vegetable stock1.5 LStep 9
Place the bay leaf and thyme in the paella pan. Let the rice cook over low heat.
Thyme
LaurelStep 10
Get a grill pan well heated.
GriddleStep 11
Slice the eggplant and zucchini. Brush them with some olive oil. Season them with salt and pepper.
eggplant1 
courgette1 olive oilsalt
pepperStep 12
Grill the vegetables on both sides in the hot grill pan. Place them with the paella and continue cooking.
Step 13
Slice the halloumi. Brush them with some olive oil. Grill them in the grill pan. Place them in the paella.
halloumi400 gramStep 14
Add the peas to the paella. Gently spoon them into the paella and cook briefly.
frozen green peas200 gramNotes
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