From party starter food to a delish healthy yoghurt treat, Rediscover Dairy shares Summer-friendly recipes that lets dairy shine!
Prawn, Avo, and Halloumi Ritz
An elegant, dairy-rich twist on a retro classic for Summer entertaining. It’s a perfect starter for a sit-down dinner or lunch occasion, but also makes for great party food too.
You’ll need: 300g peeled and pre-cooked prawns; 300g halloumi more or less an average-sized block; 4 limes; 3 ripe avos; micro herbs; paprika
Ingredients for the sauce: 2 Tbsp tomato sauce; 2 Tbsp sour cream; 2 Tbsp mayonnaise; 1 Tbsp chives, finely chopped; squeeze of lime
To make: Heat some butter in a pan, once hot, add your seasoned prawns. Cook for a few minutes until browned. Squeeze the juice of a lime onto the prawns and remove from the heat. Set aside to cool.
Thinly slice up your halloumi. In a clean pan add some butter, once hot pop it in and fry it on both sides until nice and golden. Set aside.
In a bowl, combine the tomato sauce, sour cream, mayonnaise, chives, and a small squeeze of lime. Give it a good mix and set aside until ready to use
Halve the avos, take the stone out then remove the skin. Thinly and carefully slice them so that they form pretty fans.
On a wooden or marble board fan out your avos to create a nice pattern, then start arranging your prawns and halloumi slices all around – you can have some fun with these elements here, there is no set rule as to how they need to look.
Once you’ve added all your elements. Start dolloping on some of your avo ritz mayo. Again, no rules here, just add it between the prawns and a little on some of them etc. Garnish with some micro herbs and a sprinkling of paprika. You can also add some lime wedges to the mix
The idea is to take a slice of halloumi, add some avo and prawn to it, then pop that all into your mouth.
Tip: Try this recipe with Emmentaler cheese, or something very South African such as Boeren cheese.
Yoghurt, Mango And Honey Iced Lollies
Try a blend of a seasonal fresh fruit and plain full-cream yoghurt with honey for a delicious, healthy treat that the whole family will love.
You’ll need: 1 ½ cups double-cream yoghurt; 2 Tbsp honey; 1/3 cup mango puree (or use any seasonal fruit puree)
To make: Mix the honey and yoghurt in a bowl. Puree the fruit. Add a layer of the yoghurt mix to the ice lollymould, following by a layer of fruit puree.
Repeat until the mould is full.
Add sticks to each lolly.
Freeze for 3 to 4 hours.
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