Pitta pockets recipe

Pitta pockets

Created by The Tesco Recipes team

A quick lunch or snack, these pitta pockets are easily transportable and full of punchy flavours.

See method
  • Serves 4
  • Takes 40 mins
  • 501 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 250g (8oz) halloumi cheese, sliced into 1 cm pieces
  • 4 portobello mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 red pepper, sliced
  • 1 yellow pepper, sliced
  • 4 large white pitta breads
  • 1 x 150g pack mixed salad leaves

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Each serving contains

Energy
2100kJ 501.0kcal
25%
Fat
20g
medium29%
Saturates
11g
high57%
Salt
3.0g
high50%
Sugars
8g
low9%

of the Reference intake

Carbohydrate 58.1gProtein 25.2gFibre 4.4g

Method

  1. In a frying pan, heat the olive oil on medium and add in thehalloumi. Fry quickly until golden and then remove and keep warm. Add themushroomsand peppers and turn the heat down to low, cook and stir for 15 minutes until the vegetables have softened. While they are cooking, slice each pitta bread to form a pocket and toast until starting to crisp.
  2. To assemble, open the pitta pockets and pack in the mushrooms andpeppers, top with halloumi and finish with a handful of salad leaves.

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