Is it worth reminding how soft, sweet and juicy the melon fruit has? The unobtrusive but sweet taste of this vegetable (yes, the melon is a vegetable from the pumpkin family) goes well with many snacks and desserts, and when you can still cook melon dishes, as in the autumn, when the fruits are filled with fragrant juice.
Let's consider with you interesting recipes of melon dishes.
Salad with melon, chilli and mint
A refreshing salad with mint and melons is good in itself, but, seemingly not compatible with this chili, is like a pinch of salt in chocolate - it only enhances and enriches the taste.
Ingredients:
- melon - ½ pcs .;
- salt - ½ tsp;
- chili pepper - ½ pcs .;
- lime juice - 2-3 tbsp. spoons;
- leaves of mint - 10 pcs.
Preparation
Melon cut into large pieces and put into a deep bowl, sprinkle with salt, stir. To the salted fruit, add lime juice, or lemon and chopped chili without seeds.
Sprinkle the salad with chopped mint before serving.
Granite from watermelon and melon
Granite is a traditional Italian dessert, reminiscent of sorbet , or fruit ice . A beautiful Sicilian dish made from watermelon juice and melon, which is suitable for use in the summer.
Ingredients:
- watermelon juice - 200 ml;
- melon juice - 200 ml;
- sugar syrup - 2 tsp;
- mint - for decoration.
Preparation
Elementary simple dish: two kinds of juice mixed with sugar, poured onto a baking sheet and put in the freezer. We put the frozen granite with a spoon for ice cream into a martini glass with a mint leaf.
Dessert can also be served in the form of semi-melted ice, with a straw in a high glass.
Shrimp with melon
Prepare dishes from melon is not difficult, and this recipe is an essential proof of that.
Ingredients:
- melon - 1 piece;
- tomatoes - 4 pieces;
- cucumber - 1 piece;
- sour cream - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- orange - 1 piece;
- Shrimp - 225 g;
- almonds - 90 g;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- lemon, olive oil - for refueling.
Preparation
Melon melon is extracted with a spoon, leaving 0.5 cm on the skin. Cut the pieces of melon into cubes 1 cm. We remove the tomatoes from the seeds and cut them into strips, and the cucumbers into cubes. We cut the orange from the skin.
All the cut ingredients are mixed with boiled shrimps and season with a mixture of lemon, olive oil (1: 2) and sour cream. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
We spread the salad in cups from melon peel and leave to cool.
Melon with ham
What a delicious dinner can do without snacks, and if it's a snack from melon and a fragrant ham prosciutto, then there is no alternative.
Ingredients:
- melon - 1 piece;
- prosciutto - 150 g;
- lime juice - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- red pepper - ½ tsp;
- sliced mint - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
We remove the melon from the seeds and cut into cubes 2.5 cm. Round each cube wrap ½ thin strips of ham. String pieces into skewers.
Whisk the juice, butter and pepper whisk and pour the dressing with shish kebabs. We decorate the prepared dish with sliced mint.
For this type of snack is better to take a couple of different types of melon.
Fried melon
Ingredients:
- melon - 500 g;
- green onions - 1 feather;
- flour - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt - to taste;
- oil - 4 tbsp.
For batter:
- flour - ½ st .;
- starch - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- oil - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- water - ¼ of a century;
- egg - 1 piece;
- salt - pinch.
Preparation
We remove the melon from the skin and seeds, and cut into strips 5 cm long and 2.5 cm thick.
From flour, starch, butter, eggs and water, make a sauce, salt it and savor the finely chopped green onions. We dip in a stick strips of melon, previously sprinkled with flour. Fry the melon sticks to a golden color on the hot oil.
We serve a dish, decorated with herbs and sprinkled with a mixture of salt and pepper.