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 13th 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
How long does it take?
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 min. | 30 min. | 5 min. | 45 min. |
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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.
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.
Choose your melon carefully: it needs to be fully ripe.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
For 4 people : 3.99 €
Per person : 1.00 €
Source: Home made.
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This recipe use (among others) | Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Two-olive ciabatta, How to cook rice in rice-cooker, Paella, Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), Mushroom velouté, ... All |
| Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Meringues, Finger biscuits, Brioche dough, Gâteau Nantais, Cherry clafoutis, ... All |
| Rum: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pistachio cream, Gingerbread, Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Cannelés, Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins, ... All |
| Melon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Melon with port sorbet, ... All |
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