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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

Keywords for this recipe:Melon Balls Mint Lime Mojito

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

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Time required for this recipe:

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.

Prepare the "Mojito" syrup

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.

Keeping

Should be eaten the day it is made.

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.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nonettes, Langoustine gratin, Vietnamese prawns, Gingerbread, Eggs meurette, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bounty-style tart for Alison, Passion fruit jellies, Lime confectioner's custard (pastry cream), Lime (or lemon) curd, Strawberry mousse with mascarpone, ... All
	Rum: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Linzer torte, Gingerbread, Rum babas, Pistachio cream, Pains briochés aux raisins, ... All
	Melon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Melon with port sorbet, ... All

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