Minted Melon

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

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

Times:

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

Step by step recipe

1	Prepare the "Mojito" syrup Rinse and dry 1 handful fresh mint leaves.
2	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.
3	Prepare the melon Cut the melon in half and scrape out the seeds from the middle.
4	Use a pommes parisiennes spoon to cut the melon into balls.
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.
6	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.
7	Cover and refrigerate before serving.
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.

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