Put two halloumi slices on top of each one and drizzle with a little of the reserved dressing.

Hâlûmi resembles Cypriot halloumi, but is a different cheese.

It is made from a mixture of goat's and sheep milk, although some halloumi can be bought that also contains cow's milk.

Small amounts reheated in water or broth provide a nourishing and tasty meal, especially with added cubes of aged halloumi.

Many people also like halloumi that has been aged; it is much drier, much stronger and much saltier.

In accordance with this tradition, many packages of halloumi contain fragments of mint leaves on the surface of the cheese.

The cheese can be a mix of Graviera, Halloumi, Mizithra and/or Kefalotyri.

Sit on old benches and mismatched sofas, then share plates such as grilled artichokes and halloumi, spicy meatballs, and honey-glazed chicken (£4.50 each)

Inventive American vegetarian cooking, such as Anson Mills grits with Spence Farm kale (as well as okra, garlic and seared halloumi).

Traditionally, the mint leaves were used as a preservative, this practice arising from the serendipitous discovery that Halloumi kept better and was fresher and more flavoursome when wrapped with mint leaves.

But two months ago, when a friend's elderly mother flew from Cyprus to New York City for a visit, Mr. Alexandrou asked her to Manorville to show him how to make halloumi.

Before it is rolled and grilled, it can be stuffed with herbs and bread crumbs or with pieces of a firm but fresh cheese, like halloumi from Cyprus or a goat cheese.

And, after two decades of city living, Mr. Alexandrou had also forgotten the lengthy procedure for making halloumi, a national dish of Cyprus that most Greek Americans can only get by buying costly imports at specialty shops in Astoria.

Her itinerary is mostly Mediterranean, including meze dishes (halloumi cheese flatbread pizza; grilled eggplant rolled around a feta, red chili and mint filling) and pasta dishes (penne with asparagus, lemon, garlic and parsley) that evoke the essence of summer.

Cypriots like eating halloumi with watermelon in the warm months, and as halloumi and lountza - a combination of halloumi cheese and either a slice of smoked pork, or a soft lamb sausage.

I'm hauling out that jar of gazpacho that's been looking sorry for itself in the fridge these last few weeks and planning a fishy weekend by the sea; mackerel over the coals, great big salads, kebabs with vegetables and halloumi (the king of cheeses), some home made burgers and ice cold beer.

The delay in registering the name halloumi with the EU has been largely due to a conflict between dairy producers and sheep and goat farmers as to whether registered halloumi will contain cow's milk or not and if so, at what ratios with sheep and goat's milk.