Melon & wine smoothie
Refreshing to look at as well as enjoy. The soft color of melon matched with the soft flavor of wine. Chilled and enjoyed.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 ripe cantaloupe or orange colored melon (ca. 2 pounds)
1/2 Tbs granulated sugar or more, depending on melon’s sweetness
juice of 1/2 lime
1/2 cup light, white wine, such [...]
Mexican Minty Melon Salad
A delightful custom in the Yucatan, is to serve fresh fruit with a lime, a hint of salt and cayenne pepper. As strange as this may sound, it tastes wonderful, especially on melons (cantaloupes, or honey or watermelons). They often eat oranges and papaya this way as well.
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
1 medium ripe [...]
Rhubarb between melon balls
This fruit salad tastes as inviting as it looks. The delicate flavors of spring rhubarb with the ginger and cantaloupe are lovely.
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
4-5 stalks fresh rhubarb
1/2 cantaloupe
2 tbs. sugar
for the dressing
2 tbs. sweet desert wine
1 tbs. ginger syrup
Directions:
I chose the youngest bright pink rhubarb for [...]
Vegetable Consume with Melon balls in Port
Ingredients:
1/2 melon
6 tabs. port or madera wine
1 vegetable bouillon cube
water
Directions:
Using a melon baller, cut small ball shapes out form 1/2 of a melon.
Pour 6 tablespoons of madera or port wine over the balls and allow them to soak for 1 hour.
Make the vegetable bouillon according to directions.
Serve the bouillon in a bowl, place the melon [...]
