5 Ways to Eat Melon – wikiHow

With a subtly sweet flesh, the melon is one of the essential fruits of summer. Thirst-quenching, fragrant, it awakens the taste buds. Tender and juicy, the flesh of the melon is unavoidable for summer meals. How to eat melon simply?

Melon Gazpacho

Enjoy it melon in summer soup with this gazpacho:

• peel and seed the melon;
• cut it into pieces and place them in a blender;
• add a little salt, pepper and a pinch of Espelette pepper ;
• mix everything then serve it in cups;
• For the final touch, add a piece of raw ham and some pine nuts before serving.

Note: you can serve this gazpacho as an aperitif by adding two spoonfuls of white wine, port or muscat before mixing everything.

Fruit salad

Melon in fruit salad:

• wash them strawberrieshull them then cut them in 4;
• wash then hull them raspberries ;
• peel and deseed a melon ;
• take melon balls;
• wash the leaves mint ;
• in a dish, mix the fruit, mint with orange juice;
• place the salad fridge a good hour before serving;
• present this fruit salad in hollowed-out melon half-shells for the decorative touch.

If you like small red fruits, add a few blackberries, Cassis Where currants.

Melon and strawberry smoothie

Whether for a snack or for dessert, the smoothie is always appreciated, especially in very hot weather:

• pass them strawberries underwater and remove the tails;
• remove the skin and seeds from the melon then cut the flesh into pieces;
• place everything in a blender, adding a creamy natural yoghurt;
• serve the frothy smoothie in glasses with straws;
• hang a strawberry or a mint leaf on the edge of the glasses for a little decorative touch.

Note: you can replace the yogurt with 150 ml of very cold skimmed milk to have a texture more smooth.

Appetizer skewers

Young and old will succumb to these fresh skewers:

• wash some Cherry tomatoes ;
• prepare cubes of melon;
• take out mozzarella balls and raw ham;
• on a spade woodplace a tomato, a ball of mozzarella, raw ham and a cube of melon;
• make as many skewers as you want;
• serve these skewers as an aperitif, with or without a green salad.

Melon Tapas

Quick to prepare and fresh, these little bites will accompany a festive meal:

• leaving the skin on, cut thin slices of melon;
• cut the slices into quarters that you will put on a dish;
• on a few quarters, place a piece of raw ham with crumbled Feta, all drizzled with a vinaigrette;
• on the other quarters, place a little oriental tabbouleh;
• keep the tapas in the refrigerator for one hour before serving them.

Note: to change from raw ham, try the duck breast which goes wonderfully with melon.