Oh! Dear… Do you know how sometimes you buy the best ingredient and put like 6 hours romancing one dish, you put your best effort to it and still in the end you get an awful result. That’s what happened to me with my pulled pork today. I tried to change things and be creative with my recipe and Oh gosh! Better if I didn’t, the result was an ill looking slab of meat that looked like, like…. Oh Boy! I don’t even know how to describe it. YUCK!
Unfortunately I had blabbed so much to my hubby about this pulled pork sandwich that I had to do something to rescue my night. Thankfully I had some homemade Harissa in my fridge and Haloumi cheese. So I grilled one eggplant and some onions. And put this sandwich together. Well…. it wasn’t pork but we were pleasant surprised how good it tasted. Crises averted. 🙂
Eggplant and Haloumi Sandwich
- 2 Focaccia rolls
- 1 medium eggplant
- 1 big onion sliced
- 1 Haloumi cheese sliced
- 1 cup of sun dried tomatoes
- 1 cup of fresh spinach
- ½ cup of mayonnaise
- ½ cup of homemade Harissa
- 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
In a small bowl mix the Harissa, mayo and lemon juice until well combined. Heat your grill or indoor grill pan drizzle the eggplant and the onions with olive oil, season with salt and pepper to taste and grill it until soft. Grill the Haloumi cheese. Brush the bread with some olive oil and put it on the grill to toast it a bit. To assemble put 2 tbs of the Harissa mayo on one side of the bread then add the eggplant, onions, Haloumi, sun dried tomatoes and the fresh spinach.
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I made it today .. This is yummy . Loved it . Thank u 🙂
What a wonderful sandwich, Anna!Your vegetarian ideas are fantastic.
My husband and I eat eggplant sandwiches all the time, but we usually fry ours with curry powder and spread goat cheese on our sandwiches. I love your idea to make it with Haloumi cheese and homemade harissa! We’ve been wanting to make homemade harissa but still haven’t done so! When we do, we’ll have to make your version of eggplant sandwich and try it! 🙂 Can’t wait!! 🙂
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I’ve really enjoyed browsing your website! You have a lot of great recipes that I can’t wait to try…including this one! 🙂
I’ve never been a big fan of eggplant, until I traveled through Asia for a couple of month last year. It’s quite big over there. I have to stay it started to grow on me! And this sandwich looks pretty delicious on the pictures, so I might give it a try! Thx for the recipe.
I love eggplant sandwiches. Yours looks just great … not sure what your pork looked like but I’d take this one any time… and I learnt something new … had never heard of harissa sauce (don’t I sound ignorant), but I do use cumin and coriander a lot so perhaps I should try this out sometime 🙂
This is one fabulous rescue dish! The sandwich is perfect start to spring and summer. I can almost taste those veggies!
Sorry about the pork! I know how that feels but that’s how you master things so don’t give up! sandwich looks great.
great save!! I am sure he loved this sandwich!! I am always on the look out for haloumi and my grocer never carries it. I must request it, for I have always wanted to try it..thanks for sharing
sweetlife
Looks delicious and what a beautiful photograph! Nice way to save dinner. I can never get pulled pork right myself!
Denise…Mideastern singing duet !!! LOL..
delicious sandwich looks wonderful
Ha! That happens to all of us from time to time. Good save, though! This looks fantastic!
Anna my sweet! My apologies for being MIA all this time. Busy, busy busy 😛 My hair is getting whiter by the week!
So sorry to hear that your pulled pork went awry, but well, it does happen to us all, one time or another. Just this evening I got distracted and made a burnt mess of my beef rendang because I got lazy about stirring it faithfully over the fire. Waahaahaaaaaa!
Looks like you pulled an ace out your chef’s hat – the sandwich is gorgeous and I am sure hubby was not disappointed at all with the substitution. Harissa and Halloumi sound wonderful together. Actually, they also sound like a Mideastern singing duet 😀
Oh, sorry about your pork 🙁 But hello to this save…one gorgeous sandwich and one I would devour 🙂
Oi Tammy, Que saudades…que bom que esta toda passeadeira, eu tentei achar algumas receitas com ruibarbo p/ vc e eu vi algumas interessantes. Uma de risotto que me pareceu bem apetitosa, outra usando o ruibarbo junto com carne moída refogadinho, yummmmm. E outra usando massa de torta usando ruibarbo e queijo brie. Torta tipo (crostrata). E descobri também que ruibarbo e um vegetal eu sempre achei que era fruta. Beijos e ate mais.
I am going through a sandwich phase and this is a lovely version. I have everything I need to make this. Dont have sundried tomatoes but it is one of those things I am not fond of so will omit. Love harissa
What a great idea! I love that you combined halloumi with harissa. Sounds better than pulled pork to me. I have halloumi in the fridge and have been trying to make a salad, but this looks tempting too.
Oi amiga, que saudade!!! Cheguei de SP tem alguns dias e me lembrei de você quando fui ao Mercadão e a Casa Santa Luzia (um empório com diversas verduras e frutas importadas e nacionais), onde consegui comprar ruibarbo! Ontem fiz uma panna cotta com compota de ruibarbo e ficou show!!! Queria fazer um prato salgado com a outra bandeja q comprei, mas ainda não achei nada na internet e nem nos meus livros! Vc tem alguma idéia??? Beijok
I have to admit that I’ve never heard of Harissa or Haloumi cheese, but this sandwich looks amazing!
Oh I love haloumi! What a great use of it.
Anna, what a delicious sandwich…mouthwatering. Great pictures as always. Have a great week ahead 🙂
aww, sorry about the pulled pork, but this sandwich with haloumi and eggplant looks totally awesome!
You are far better than me, girl! Whenever I have a disaster in the kitchen, my solution is take-out! Your pulled pork rescue dinner looks delish!
I have never heard of haloumi cheese but I’m loving what you pulled together for your rescued dinner. Shows off your creativity!
Oh, you make your own Harissa?!?!? Awesome! And grilled Haloumi is just divine. GREAT looking sandwich!
THIS is my kinda sandwich!! YUM Looks so great. Sorry about your disaster with the pork haha, I have had those days. But it appears you made a miraculous comeback with this gorgeous sanggggwiccch! 🙂
I absolutely hate when that happens – so frustrating. But that sandwich looks phenomenal….and homemade harissa…well, I’ll have to bookmark the recipe 🙂
Your photos are making me hungry! These look beautiful. Perfect Mediterranean lunch. Haloumi yummm
What a wonderful combination and the sandwich is mouthwatering!!!
so sorry about the pulled pork fiasco but you’re right, crisis averted with this artistic creation. And made on the perfect bread too! Great recipe I must try this sandwich, thanks for sharing =]