Receta Creamy pesto mushrooms and halloumi on toast

This recipe was actually inspired by a lovely reader (hi Helen!) who emailed me recently to tell me about a dish she’d discovered, and it sounded so good I had to give it a go myself. Creamy pesto mushrooms and halloumi, served on toast like all good British things are (cheese, beans, even Pesto – Mushrooms – Halloumi – What’s not to As an added bonus, it couldn’t be simpler to make – everything’s cooked up in one pan. You can even use shop-bought pesto if you’d like to make it extra quick, though I made my own simple pesto mixture using fresh basil and nuts. I used pistachios, purely because the shop was out of pine nuts, but to be honest any nut works just fine. I also threw a few pumpkin seeds…