Halloumi Burgers

Name: Halloumi Burgers
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: American, Mediterranean
Ingredients: ½ avocado, in the skin; 20g salted butter, for buttering the bread; 2 brioche buns or other soft bread rolls, split in half; 1 tbsp olive oil; 180g haloumi about 2cm thick, cut in half horizontally to form 2 ‘steaks’; Pinch of cooking salt; 2 lightly packed cups (50g) baby spinach or other leafy greens; ¼ tsp salt; ⅛ tsp black pepper; 1 tsp red wine vinegar; ½ red onion, sliced; 1 cup (150g) grape or cherry tomatoes; 1tbsp Extra virgin olive oil

5 steps

Cook:15min

Notes LEFTOVERS Though all components in this recipe will keep for 3 days, burgers are just one of those things best eaten freshly made! Not suitable for freezing either.

Updated at: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:33:32 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories746.5 kcal (37%)

Total Fat55.7 g (80%)

Carbs43.3 g (17%)

Sugars13.2 g (15%)

Protein29 g (58%)

Sodium2754.7 mg (138%)

Fiber4.8 g (17%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

0.5avocado

in the skin

20gsalted butter

for buttering the bread

2brioche buns

or other soft bread rolls, split in half

1 Tbspolive oil

180ghaloumi

about 2cm thick, cut in half horizontally to form 2 ‘steaks’

cooking salt

50gbaby spinach

or other leafy greens

QUICK HOT TOMATO RELISH:

¼ tspsalt

⅛ tspblack pepper

1 tspred wine vinegar

0.5red onion

sliced

1 cupgrape tomatoes

or cherry

1 Tbspextra virgin olive oil

Instructions

Step 1

Smashed avocado - Use a fork to roughly mash the avocado inside the avocado skin (why dirty a bowl?!). Lumps are fine! Just make it spreadable. Set aside.

Step 2

Hot tomato relish - Heat the oil in a medium non-stick frying pan over high heat. Add the onion, tomatoes, salt, pepper and vinegar. Cook, stirring regularly, for 3 minutes or until the tomatoes are lightly blistered, wrinkled and starting to collapse. Slide into a bowl.

Step 3

Toast bread - Return the pan to the heat. Butter the buns, then put them cut-face down in the pan. Cook for 1 minute or until golden. Transfer to serving plates.

Step 4

Fry Haloumi - Heat the oil in the pan. Add the haloumi and cook each side for 1 ½ minutes or until deep golden. Transfer to plate.

Step 5

Assemble - Slather the base of the buns with avocado. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Pile on the spinach, top with Haloumi, then the tomato relish. Top with the bun lids and enjoy!