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Minted Melon

It is tempting to call this a melon Mojito: little balls of ripe melon in a light Mojito-flavoured syrup with mint, rum and lime.

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Last modified on: September 13^th 2015

For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 handful fresh mint leaves
2 100 g water
3 50 g caster sugar
4 1 melon
5 ½ lime
6 2 tablespoons rum
Total weight: 1,045 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
10 min.	30 min.	5 min.	45 min.

Keeping: Should be eaten the day it is made.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 1 min.

Rinse and dry 1 handful fresh mint leaves.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Pour 100 g water and 50 g caster sugar into a small pan, add the roughly chopped mint leaves and bring to the boil.

Cover and leave to cool.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Prepare the melon

Cut the melon in half and scrape out the seeds from the middle.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Use a pommes parisiennes spoon to cut the melon into balls.

Stage 5

Prepare the whole melon like this, putting the balls into a bowl as you go.

If you do not have this special kind of spoon, you can simply dice the melon.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Combine the flavours

Pour the cold syrup through a strainer onto the melon balls.
Add the juice of ½ lime and 2 tablespoons rum. Mix well.

Stage 7 - 30 min.

Cover and refrigerate before serving.

Stage 8

Serve in glass dishes, garnished with a sprig of mint.

Remarks

Try to leave the melon balls in the syrup for at least 30 minutes, so that the flavours have time to mingle well.

Choose your melon carefully: it needs to be fully ripe.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
613 Kcal or 2,567 Kj	9 gr	118 gr	2 gr
31 %	3 %	11 %	<1 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
59 Kcal or 247 Kj	1 gr	11 gr	< 1 gr
3 %	<1 %	1 %	<1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
153 Kcal or 641 Kj	2 gr	30 gr	< 1 gr
8 %	1 %	3 %	<1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 3.99 €
Per person : 1.00 €

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Source

Home made.

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	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche galette, You should not leave egg yolks in contact with sugar, Pear compote , Cooking sugar, Blackcurrant liqueur, ... All
	Rum: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Apple Strudel, Cannelés, Pancake batter, Pistachio cream, Gâteau Nantais, ... All
	Fresh mint leaves: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tzatziki, Apricot blancmange, Strawberry-mint sorbet, Courgette tart with mint, Framboisier, ... All

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