Watermelon recipes

Use this fruit more -
combine with sweet or salty ingredients

More than 90 per cent water, it is perfect for quenching thirst, just as it is. But what else can we do with it?

• Sprinkle wedges with chilli powder and a squeeze of lime
• Remove skin, cut into chunks and mix with pieces of preserved ginger in syrup
• Remove skin and layer thin slices with smoked meat or chicken and serve with green salad
• Make a salad by adding chunks of the fruit to crumbled feta (or a blue) cheese, basil leaves, roasted pumpkin seeds and olive oil.
• Make a salsa with the chopped fruit, red onion, fresh coriander (cilantro), lime juice, fresh chilli and salt to taste.
• Serve with prosciutto or Serrano ham and freshly milled black pepper
• Blend the skinned flesh and strain the juice. Then mix the juice with a little sugar, lots of white rum and plenty of ice. Garnish the alcoholic cooler with mint leaves and small cubes of the fruit.

Watermelons should feel heavy for their size when ripe. To check for ripeness, press the stem end. It should give a little. The fruit should also sound hollow when you tap it.

If you buy part of one (i.e. it is already cut) then remember that the brighter the colour of the flesh, the sweeter it will be. The seeds should be black.

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