Melon Starter Recipes Uk

MELON WITH GINGER AND PORT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Halve each melon, scoop out the seeds, cut each half into four wedges and remove the skin. Put the wedges on a tray and chill until required. (Melon is best served slightly chilled, not very cold.)
• For the dressing, put 1tsp ginger syrup into a bowl with the port, olive oil and lemon juice. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and whisk well.
• Arrange the melon wedges in groups of three on a large platter, making sure each group has three different types of melon. Sprinkle with the crystallised ginger. Drizzle the vinaigrette over and serve. More starter recipes to try: Prawn and melon salad Video: How to peel chop and grate ginger Classic prawn cocktail Chicory, stilton and walnut salad Salmon carpaccio with pickled celeriac salad Avocado bruschettas

HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE MELON STARTER

Steps:

• Cut the melons in half using a sharp knife.
• Scoop out the melon seeds and discard them.
• Remove the melon flesh from the melon skins and chop the melon flesh into 1 inch (2.5cm) squares.
• Wash the melon skins and put aside to use later.
• Put the squares of melon into a clean bowl.
• Add the grapefruit and orange segments to the bowl containing the squares of melon and gently mix together.
• Put the melon skins onto each of the 4 serving dishes.
• Pile the melon, orange and grapefruit mixture onto the 4 melon shells so that there are equal amounts divided between the 4 melon shells.
• Chop the peanuts and put into a clean bowl.
• Add the sugar and cinnamon to the chopped nuts and gently mix together.
• Sprinkle the peanut mix over the fruit.
• Add some of the fresh mint to garnish.

PARMA HAM & MELON SALAD

Steps:

• Peel the melon, remove the seeds and cut into 8 slices.
• Wrap each melon wedge with a slice of Parma ham.
• Drizzle the dish with olive oil and sprinkle with parsley and pepper. Serve immediately.