Mount Saint Melon Recipes

MOUNT SAINT MELON

Steps:

• Remove wide strips of zest from one of the limes, using a vegetable peeler. Combine with the sugar and 3/4 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Turn off the heat and let cool to room temperature. Discard the strips of zest.
• Finely grate the zest from the remaining 2 limes and set aside. Juice all 3 limes and blend the juice, watermelon, prosecco, Campari and sugar syrup in a blender until smooth, about 1 minute. Pour into a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish and freeze, 2 hours. Use a fork to scrape the ice crystals toward the center of the pan, then continue freezing, scraping every 45 minutes, until the mixture is no longer slushy, about 4 more hours.
• Scoop into paper cones or cups. Drizzle with the peach nectar and sprinkle with the grated lime zest. Garnish with watermelon wedges.

MACERATED MELON

Steps:

• Cut off top and bottom poles of melons. Place one cut side against cutting board and slice off rind in segments, cutting smoothly from top to bottom. Repeat with second melon. Halve melons lengthwise and scoop out seeds. Cut flesh into 1inch wedges, then cut wedges crosswise at an angle into diamonds or triangles. In a small bowl, whisk together remaining ingredients. Pour over melon. Stir gently, cover, refrigerate and let macerate for 46 hours. Serve cold.

CHARTREUSE OF BROOK TROUT FROM ST. PHILEMON (CHARTREUSE DE TRUITE SAINT-PHILEMON)

Steps:

• Line the 10 ramekins with the smoked salmon (leave room for the tartar). Mix chopped smoked and fresh trout with the shallots, chervil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Divide the tartar mix into the 10 ramekins and press the stuffing by folding in the smoked salmon to form a small parcel. Refrigerate the timbales for 2 hours. Cut root celery into circular slices. Cut taro root into triangles of 5 inches long and drop into canola oil until golden brown, season with a little salt while they are still warm. Mix olive oil with a little lemon juice, chopped chives, the two caviars and the pepper to make vinaigrette.
• To serve, place chartreuse on a dinner plate, add the vinaigrette around the chartreuse and place 3 chips of fried root celery at 12h00, 16h00 and 20h00 on the plate. Place a taro chip, two whole chives and a carnation in the middle of each chartreuse to finish presentation. Place the sprig of chervil in front of each root celery chip. Decoration: mill pepper around the plate.