Honeydew Compote Food

HONEYDEW COMPOTE WITH LIME, GINGER & A HINT OF SERRANO

Steps:

• Combine lime zest and juice, water, sugar, ginger and serrano in a small saucepan.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes.
• Let cool to room temperature, about 25 minutes.
• Strain syrup into a large bowl, pressing on solids to extract maximum flavor.
• Add melon and toss to coat.
• Cover for at least 1 hour.
• Sprinkle with mint and garnish with fig slices.
• Makes 6 servings, 1 cup each.

HONEYDEW COMPOTE

Steps:

• Combine lime zest and juice, water, sugar, ginger and serrano in a small saucepan.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes.
• Let cool to room temperature, about 25 minutes.
• Strain syrup into a large bowl. Use a spoon to press on solids to extract maximum flavor.
• Add melons and toss to coat.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Sprinkle with mint and granish with fig slices.

CUCUMBER HONEYDEW SMOOTHIES

Steps:

• In blender combine honeydew melon, cucumber, lime juice, and salt. Cover and blend until smooth.
• If desired, garnish each serving with cucumber slices and/or lime wedges and honeydew melon chunks threaded onto skewer.

SPICY & SAVORY SWEET HONEYDEW MELON

Steps:

• In a small pot boil water and sugar, once boiling, add the basil stems, chili and lemon zest and remove from heat.
• All the syrup to cool to room temperature.
• Then you can refrigerate the simple syrup for anywhere 15 minutes or up to 24 hours. The longer it sits the more flavor you will get.
• Remove the basil stems from the syrup and discard.
• In a large bowl toss the melon with the chilled syrup.
• Add the remaining salt, the white pepper if using and the basil leaves, toss gently .
• Drizzle with olive oil and serve.