Melon dishes are a wonderful dessert. In addition to dessert masterpieces, this fruit can be put into salads, having received unmatched snack... For the winter there is an opportunity to stock up on melon compote or jam. In general, melon is versatile and can be used in any culinary invention.

Before you start thinking about what to cook with melon, you need to familiarize yourself with its main application. The melon fruit of the pumpkin family is used mainly raw, but the sweet pulp is processed into candied fruits, jam, melon honey, dried and dried.

Sweet Melon Dishes

Sweet melon dishes, recipes for which are intended only for sweets, will give detailed description processing juicy yellowish melon pulp into excellent culinary creations... Often, ice cream, smoothies, pies, desserts and all kinds of pastries are made from this fruit.

Melon smoothie

The thick melon drink is meant to be consumed for breakfast to get a boost of vitality for the whole day. The smoothie can be supplemented with fruits or berries, such as kiwi. For a drink, you need to take 2 cups (150 grams) of diced melon, half a glass of kiwi of the same shape. Add honey to the mixture, in the amount of 1 tbsp. spoons and the same amount of lemon juice.

Preparation:

Based on this description, you can safely replace kiwi with a different ingredient by following the cooking steps.

Melon sorbet

Ice-cold melon ice cream from a minimum of components is a melon sorbet. For a sweet treat, 250 grams of melon pulp, a large glass of water, Art. a spoonful of lemon juice and 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar.

Preparation:

If there are no special molds, ordinary plastic cups can perform their function, and baking foil will act as a lid.

Melon ice cream

This recipe involves making ice cream from melon with additives. It will take 1 glass of melon and strawberries, in the form of cubes. These components can also be taken frozen. Additional ingredients will be: a quarter of a glass (40 grams) of milk, a third of a glass (50 grams) orange juice, a glass of water and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey.

Preparation:

Melon dessert

Receive airy dessert melon like marmalade will help easy recipe below. On jelly dessert will go 1 packet "Jelly" (90 grams) and 270 grams of melon pulp. Fill the dish with aroma and taste with 2 tbsp. spoons coconut flakes, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sugar, 40 grams of water and, if desired, fresh mint.

Preparation:

Melon pie

Sweet melon pie, a recipe with a photo of which will help create sweet pastries at home. It will take 500 grams of melon, one glass of flour, semolina and kefir, 3 chicken eggs. Additional components pie will be 100 grams butter, half a glass of sugar, a large spoonful of powdered sugar, a bag vanilla sugar for aroma, half a teaspoon of salt and soda (quenched with vinegar). You will need vegetable oil to lubricate melon baking surfaces.

Preparation:

Melon snacks

Melon snacks involve salty, peppercorns, and such other ingredients. Melon salads may include different options combinations with meat, sausage, cheese, cereals, rice. A juicy fruit snack can be made by simply frying it in a pan.

Melon salad

The snack salad with melon light and satisfying. It will need 1 melon weighing about 1 kilogram, 150 grams of rice, 150 grams of uncooked smoked meat (chicken), the same amount hard cheese... To taste, you need to take salt, black pepper, olive oil and mint for decoration.

Preparation:

Fried melon

Fast morning snack can become fried melon. For its preparation, you can take as many melons as you like, but this recipe for example, it is designed for 1 large fruit. When frying, it will be wrapped in flour, which will need 6 tbsp. spoons. If desired, add a bunch of shallots to the flour. 2 tbsp. spoons corn starch, 1 egg, half a teaspoon of salt and ground black pepper, a quarter glass of water, a glass of oil for frying.

Preparation:

Melon dishes are not limited to those presented above. Unleash your imagination and, guided by these recipes, create your own unsurpassed melon dish. Delicious culinary masterpieces for you!

A fragrant, ripe and juicy melon is certainly much more pleasant to enjoy in fresh... As a rule, such is eaten all without a trace and thoughts of processing it do not even arise. But if the fruit is caught unripe or unsweetened, or you just harvested a rich harvest from melons on your site, then they can be used to prepare various desserts and blanks.

What can you cook from unsweetened or unripe melon? Best of all, such a fruit is suitable for making jam or. But for mashed potatoes or juice, it is better to use aromatic ones.

How to make melon jam?

Ingredients:

• fresh melon - 995 g;
• sugar - 715 g;
• citric acid - 15 g.

Preparation

For jam, you can take any melon, separate its pulp from the crusts and cut into small pieces. We place the slices of fruit in a bowl for making jam, sprinkle the layers with granulated sugar mixed with citric acid, and leave for several hours at room conditions.

Now we put the melon with sugar in the juice on the stove and, with continuous stirring, warm it up until all dissolves. sugar crystals and then with periodic stirring until boiling. After that, we set aside the container with the workpiece from the stove and let it cool. Then again bring the mass to a boil, boil it this time for seven minutes and cool it again. After the third cycle of heating and boiling the jam for seven minutes, pour the delicacy into sterile glass jars, seal them tightly, turn them upside down and wrap them up thoroughly for self-sterilization and slow cooling.

If the melon taken for jam is too juicy and has released too much liquid during the proofing process, some of it can be drained off before cooking the treat and used to make jelly.

How to make melon juice?

Melon juice is incredibly healthy and has a lot valuable properties... It is included in diet food when losing weight, and is also recommended for use with various kinds of kidney and liver diseases, to strengthen the heart muscle and cleanse the body of toxins and toxins.

Melon pulp is used to make the juice, along with the peel. The latter contains useful essential oils, which in a delicacy will be absolutely not superfluous. The melon must be thoroughly washed, preferably with soap, which is then thoroughly washed off. Then the fruit is cut in half, the seeds are removed, and the pulp is cut into slices, which are passed through a juicer.

Drink melon juice you need to immediately after cooking or boil it and preserve it in jars for the winter, adding to taste granulated sugar and lemon juice.

How to make melon puree?

Melon puree, unlike juice, is prepared only from the pulp. To do this, the latter is separated from the crusts and grind with a plastic grater or grind in a blender. Melon puree goes well with banana or pear. The proportions in this case are selected according to taste and preferences.

How to make melon pie?

Good day, Dear friends and guests of the site. Melon time is in full swing. The sun-like product will adorn our tables for a few more months. They are happy to buy it, seduced by the aroma and the memory of how delicious it is.

The whole family is enjoying the sunshine miracle. How to choose, how much to store, how to cut and what can you cook from the melon? All the answers to the questions are in front of you.

How to choose the right one?

Melon refers to soft foods... In order to select from the abundance the most ripe and delicious vegetable, you can't knock on the peel. This trick only passes. How to determine the ripeness of a melon?

Buying a beautiful fruit, you imagine and dream all the way about how you will enjoy yourself now delicious product... It's a shame when the fruit is overripe or still green. The tips below will help you make the right choice:

• This easily damaged vegetable quickly deteriorates if the skin is damaged or hit. Before buying a product, you need to make sure that there are no traces of impact, the crust has not cracked during transportation, and there are no external visible defects.
• Touch the product, it should not have soft spots.
• Not worth buying sliced ​​cantaloupe. It deteriorates very quickly, and there is no guarantee that clean tools were used when cutting.
• When choosing, give preference to fruits that have a certificate confirming their quality.
• The first thing to look out for is the scent. Melon is one of those foods that leave a delicious sillage around them. When you bring the product closer to your face, you will surely smell the aroma of vanilla, pear or pineapple. This is exactly what you need.
• Pay attention to the tail of the product. Through it, at one time, the melon received all the nutrients and substances. If it is thick and already shriveled, it means that the vegetable is ripe and all the necessary taste is formed.
• On the opposite side of the tail there is a spot from which it all began, and the flower was previously attached. The skin should be soft and firm to the touch.

There is another proven method: consult with the seller. If you are a regular customer, and the seller values ​​his reputation, you will certainly be chosen the best and sweet berry... Checked. They are the ones who know the best in the product.

How to choose ripe watermelon- read.

How long does cut melon keep in the refrigerator?

Melon is one of those foods that are best consumed immediately. For example, no one will send a half-eaten apple or a bitten pear to the refrigerator. Staying in storage in a cut state, it becomes lethargic, loses its aroma, but acquires a new smell - from the refrigerator.

If it is not possible to eat the whole vegetable at once, store the product in the refrigerator for no more than a day. In this case, the cut should be covered with a film. It should be noted that it is better to store a whole melon in a cool, ventilated area outside the refrigerator.

Why is it bitter

There are several reasons why the fruit suddenly developed bitterness. Taste qualities depend on the soil, the fertilizer used and even the variety. Yes, yes, there are bitter melons, they are used unripe in cooking and are considered a godsend for diabetics who depend on insulin injections.

In addition, fermentation products give the fruit bitterness. Experts will help determine the reason. And the consumer shouldn't risk his health. The taste of the product is not satisfying, in this case it is better to refuse the melon.

How to cut beautifully

Let's get down to creativity. Melon makes it possible to feel like a designer or sculptor. Before submitting a product, you can create from it a real masterpiece... Drawings are applied only on the outside.

But the strong peel allows the vegetable to be widely used as a material for a basket. The technology is very simple. Cut into two halves. Process the edges curly.

You can pre-draw the outline with a pen. Turn the melon pulp into balls beautifully with a special spoon. And then put raspberries, currants, grapes in the basket. Insert a few mint leaves and ice cream scoops. The dish is ready.

The second creative masterpiece can be obtained by cutting the fruit lengthwise. Select your seeds. Make balls from the pulp and fill them with the rind of the melon half. String the sails onto two long wooden sticks. It can be made from large, thin and long pieces of melon, pieces of sausage are allowed. Decorate everything beautifully and put it in the very center of the table faster. It's beautiful, after all.

Melon for breakfast

Those who meticulously watch their waist can easily start the day with melon pulp, and a significant amount is allowed - up to 450g. If you are by all the rules, you want to start the day with a healthy porridge, these will help you.

Millet porridge with almonds and melon.

Grind almonds... Mix with water and bring to a boil. Pour in the cereal, cook. A few minutes before the end of cooking, add butter, put melon pieces and keep on low heat for 5 minutes.

Rice porridge in melon

First, prepare rice porridge with the addition of vanillin. You can use yesterday's product. Cut the fruit in two and remove the grains. Put the porridge in halves, cover with foil and place in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Take out the food, mix the melon with the rice and boldly serve.

Melon Dishes

The simplest and quickest dish to prepare from our fragrant heroine is compote. Cut the fruit into pieces, put in cold water, sugar and citric acid add to taste. Delicious - try it.

Smoothie

The easiest smoothie can be obtained by whisking melon pieces in a blender with a little water. Decorate with a mint leaf.

The recipe is more complicated and will require more ingredients. Whisk in a blender half a lemon, a few mint leaves and 300 g of melon. Add 50 g and a teaspoon of honey. Sprinkle lemon zest on top.

Watermelon and melon cocktail

This cocktail is very easy to prepare. Mix the melon with. Add lime juice and some honey to taste. Highly healthy drink, the only small difficulty is that you need to remove the seeds of the watermelon.

Dessert

A wonderful and easy-to-prepare dish will be made from melon, grapes, gelatin and cherry juice. First, cut the fruit, remove the grains and select the pulp just a little. Separate the grapes, wash, dry on a towel and place in a melon mold.

Mix Cherry juice with gelatin and try to dissolve it, let it brew for up to 40 minutes. Stir well again, add sugar, bring to a boil.

Pour the melon and grapes with liquid, cool and leave in the refrigerator overnight. Serve on the table in small beautiful pieces.

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Salads

It tastes very well with other ingredients in a salad. Use yogurt, lemon juice, and honey for the sauce. You can mix these ingredients.

Banana and grape salad

Cut the melon and banana into small pieces. Mix some honey, kefir and lemon juice. Pour in food and stir.

Sprinkle with chopped walnut and halves of grapes. Remove the grains from the berries.

Cheese salad

A beautifully yellow beauty is combined with cheese, and the recipe given is a confirmation of this. Cut the melon and cucumber into small pieces.

The cubes must be the same size. Cut the feta cheese into cubes. You can take cottage cheese and mash with a fork. Cut the basil into strips.

Combine everything, add salt and pepper. Stir, pour olive oil... There should be as much melons as cheese and cucumber combined.

Melon with honey

By combining melon, lime juice and honey, you can get wonderful dish... Cut the vegetable into small pieces or cut out circles, refrigerate. Pour the lime over with boiling water, dry, separate the zest and squeeze the juice. Shape the dish. First, lay the melon, sprinkle with honey and juice, sprinkle with zest. Everything - ready meal in front of you.

Bakery

A simple melon pie can be made from 300 g of melon, and take a glass of flour, semolina and kefir. You will also need 100 g of butter and half a glass of sugar, salt, baking powder.

• Beat eggs with salt and sugar.
• Add butter and kefir. Stir.
• Add semolina, flour with baking powder. Stir everything well until you get a homogeneous dough.
• Prepare the form. Lubricate with oil. Lay out the dough. Arrange the sliced ​​melon nicely on top.
• Bake in a well-heated oven at 190 degrees for 35 minutes. Check readiness with wooden sticks. Finished product sprinkle with icing sugar.

Charlotte

The recipe for making charlotte with melon does not differ from the classic one, but in taste it overshadows the popular version with, only less sugar is taken.

6 eggs are less than a glass of sugar and two glasses of flour. Oil the mold. Place the sliced ​​fruit. Pour over the dough.

To prepare it, beat the salted eggs with sugar. Pour in flour with pre-quenched baking soda. Bake for half an hour in a preheated oven at 220 degrees.

Canapes

To make the food look beautiful in the canapes, sprinkle with lemon juice before serving. It will help preserve the color of the food. And now a few recipes.

Olive, cheese and melon

You will get beautiful canapes if you string products on a skewer in the following sequence: olive oil, a piece of hard cheese, the same piece of melon. Repeat again and dip in poppy seeds. Beautiful and delicious canapes ready.

Ham with melon

Wrap a piece of pulp in a slice of ham and place on a piece of bread, connect with a skewer. What could be more mysterious and simpler?

Ice cream at home

Delicious ice cream can be made from half a glass of sugar by adding 250 g of melon and heavy cream... To do this, whip cream and sugar separately with the pulp of the fruit.

We combine all this very carefully. We direct the container to freezer... Stir the products about every hour. Until we get a solidified mass.

Vodka tincture

Interesting and piquant - this is what you can tell about next drink... Cut off the top of the fruit. Remove seeds and some pulp. Pour in half a liter of vodka and leave to infuse for 15 hours. Serve the drink and the chopped melon separately.

Melon anti-wrinkle face mask

Melon is able to work wonders with a woman's skin: it will refresh the color, rejuvenate, remove age spots, and stand in the way of wrinkles. The easiest way is to simply rub a piece of melon over your face during the melon season.

Melon gruel can be applied to the skin and kept for ten minutes. To enhance the effect, mix the gruel with cream, add honey.

For oily skin you can replace the cream with kefir. For dry skin, olive oil is a good addition to the melon.

When applying, follow a few rules:

• Do not keep the mask for more than a quarter of an hour.
• Prepare the product immediately before applying.
• To enhance the effect, cleanse your face with foam or warm it up a little.
• Apply the mask at least once a week.

The above recipes once again confirm that with a small amount of products, you can prepare a salad, ice cream, a drink and a snack. Feed the family with pie and porridge. And also to protect yourself and skin aging. And all this with the help of a fragrant, yellow beauty.

Dear friends, today we learned what can be made from melons, and in the next article you will find delicious recipes preparations for the winter from our sunny berries.

Melon jam is an exceptional treat that is not only different interesting taste but also carries huge benefit for the body. Unsurprisingly, in some countries this sweet dessert is valued on a par with natural honey.

The benefits of melon jam

The main benefit of melon jam is chemical composition main ingredient. The pulp of the berry contains numerous minerals, including iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium. And also vitamins of groups C, P, B9, A, natural sugars, fruit acids, pectins and a lot of natural fiber. Of course, during the cooking process beneficial features the product decreases slightly, therefore it is recommended to prepare jam as soon as possible with minimal heat treatment.

At regular use even a small amount of melon jam in the body, a number of favorable changes occur:

• the condition of the skin and hair improves;
• metabolic processes are normalized;
• pressure stabilizes;
• tissue regeneration is accelerated;
• relieves nervous tension and irritability.

Besides melon jam great way avoid seasonal vitamin deficiency, anemia, insomnia, cardiovascular and other diseases. A spoonful of sunshine-colored sweet jam will cheer you up on a cloudy day, and a cup of tea with its addition will warm you up in cold weather.

Melon honey is very useful for children and adults, the action of which is similar to a more familiar product. It helps to get rid of fatigue, saturate the body with vitamins and important elements... In addition, this is an absolutely environmentally friendly product, because no additives, including sugar, are used for its preparation.

To make an exceptional melon jam, you need to choose a very aromatic, slightly unripe and rather dense melon so that its pieces do not fall apart during cooking. Big berry peel off the outer skin, remove the top layer that is too hard, as well as the seeds inside.

To enhance the taste and useful characteristics sweet dessert, you can add other fruits and berries to it. And to make the jam look even more interesting and original, pieces of melon can be cut with a knife with a curly blade.

Melon jam is used like any other product. It is suitable as sweet gravy to pancakes, pancakes, cheese cakes and ice cream. Jam, jam and honey can be added to homemade cakes, desserts and cocktails.

Melon jam - a classic recipe + video

The classic version of melon jam will provide dessert delicate aroma and refined taste, and a step-by-step recipe and video will help you cope with its preparation.

• 1.5 tbsp. clean water;
• 1.2 kg of sugar;
• 1 lemon or 3 g of acid;
• 5 g vanillin.

Preparation:

1. Cut the melon pulp into arbitrary (curly) pieces. Dip them in boiling water and blanch for about 5 minutes.
2. Transfer the pieces to a colander or strainer to drain off excess liquid.
3. Boil a simple syrup with lemon juice and vanilla.
4. Pour the melon pieces with the fragrant liquid and let it brew for at least 6 hours.
5. Put the jam container on slow fire and cook after boiling for 10-15 minutes.
6. Refrigerate completely, arrange in jars, seal tightly, and store in a cool place.

Melon jam in a slow cooker - a step by step recipe with a photo

On a cold winter evening, it is so nice to have a cup of tea with fragrant jam melon cooked in a slow cooker. The whole process will take no more than a few hours.

For 1 kg of melon, prepare:

• 0.5 kg of sugar;
• lemon or 1/3 tsp citric acid;
• 1/8 tsp vanilla.

Preparation:

1. Cut the prepared melon pulp into small cubes of the same shape.

2. Place them in the multicooker bowl and cover with sugar.

3. After 3-4 hours add citric acid. When using lemon, roll the cleanly washed fruit along with the peel in a meat grinder to make a gruel. Stir well and bring to a boil in the Steamer mode. Due to the exceptional juiciness of the melon, the jam will turn out to be quite runny and that's okay.

4. As soon as the liquid begins to show signs of boiling, switch the appliance to the "Baking" mode and cook for 40 minutes with the lid open, stirring occasionally slightly.

5. The melon jam itself is already completely ready, it remains to pour it into dry jars and seal tightly. Depending on the grade of the main ingredient, the color of the sweet liquid can vary from bright yellow to almost transparent.

Melon jam with lemon

The melon jam itself has a very delicate, mild taste, but with the addition of lemon it turns into a real one. cooking masterpiece... Using the above recipe as a basis, melon jam can be made with orange, lime, grapefruit.

For 1 kg of melon pulp, take:

• 0.7 kg of sugar;
• 2 lemons.

Preparation:

1. Cut the melon without peel and pits into equal slices, sprinkle generously with sugar and leave for several hours to let the juice stand out.
2. Bring the future jam on low gas to a boil and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
3. Leave it to infuse for 6-10 hours, and then boil for another 5-10 minutes.
4. After another 6-10 hours, add the lemon, cut into thin slices along with the skin. Boil for 15 minutes.
5. After complete cooling, boil for 5-10 minutes for the last time and pour hot into clean glass containers for further storage.

Melon and watermelon jam

It is difficult to find a family whose members are in summer season deny themselves the pleasure of eating plenty of sweet watermelons and fragrant melons. Experienced housewives recommend not to throw away the crusts of these unusual berries... After all, from them, more precisely from the white harder part, you can make great jam.

• 0.5 kg of melon crusts;
• the same number of watermelon peels;
• 600 ml of water;
• 400 g granulated sugar.

Preparation:

1. From the white part of the melon and watermelon, cut the coarser outer skin and cut into random cubes.
2. Dip them for half an hour in salt water and then soak in boiling water for another 10 minutes.
3. Cook ordinary syrup from sugar and water, pour in the prepared pieces, let them soak in sweetness overnight, and cook the jam in 4 doses according to the following scheme: bring to a boil, stand for 3 hours.
4. Boil one last time and pour into jars.

Melon and banana jam

Highly original taste melon jam is obtained in combination with other fruits, for example, bananas. Just a couple of days and now a thick mass resembling jam is ready.

For 1.6 kg of melon pulp, take:

• 1 kg of well-ripe bananas;
• 4 lemons;
• 1.6 kg of sugar;
• some vodka or brandy.

Preparation:

1. Place the melon pieces in a saucepan and cover them with sand. Cover with a tissue and leave overnight.
2. In the morning, add the juice of one lemon, stir and simmer for about half an hour.
3. Cut the remaining lemons, well washed and dried, into thin slices along with the rind. Peel the bananas and chop them into washers.
4. Add both ingredients to the melon and simmer until the fruit is soft and puree. After that, boil a little more so that the mass thickens somewhat.
5. Place the hot jam in small jars. Cut circles out of paper, dip them in alcohol and lay them on top. Roll up metal lids.

Melon jam for the winter

Depending on the desired result, the method of cooking the jam may vary slightly. For example, for long-term storage the mass will have to be cooked a little longer than usual, but the finished sweetness will stand all winter even in a warm pantry.

For 1 kg of melon, take:

• 0.7 kg of sugar;
• 1 lemon;
• 3 g vanilla.

Preparation:

1. Chop the melon into pieces as usual, put them in suitable dishes and sprinkle with sugar. Stir and let sit overnight.
2. In the morning, add lemon juice and boil the future jam for about five minutes. Let rest until evening and boil again. Repeat the procedure for another 2-3 days.
3. At the last cooking, add vanilla, boil the mixture for about 10 minutes at a low boil, pour into jars and roll up with metal lids.

Thick melon jam

Following the original step by step recipe on own kitchen you can make thick melon jam with delicate taste and pleasant aroma... And spicy ingredients will add a special zest to it.

Take 2 kg of melon:

• 1 kg of sugar;
• 2 lemons;
• 50 g fresh ginger root;
• a pinch of cinnamon or vanilla if desired.

Preparation:

1. For thick jam take ripe melon with sugar pulp, the "Torpedo" variety is suitable. Chop it into 1cm cubes.
2. Put them in an enamel container, grate the ginger root on a fine grater and add the juice of well-squeezed lemons. Sprinkle all 2-3 tbsp. sugar, stir and leave for a couple of hours.
3. For 1 kg of sugar, take about 1 liter of water, put the container on the fire and, while stirring, wait until the crystals are completely dissolved, but do not boil.
4. Pour melon over with mild syrup and simmer for about 15 minutes on low gas. Then add the remaining sugar in several steps.
5. Cook until the mixture thickens. As soon as a drop of hot jam stops "floating" on the cold plate, it is ready.
6. Add your choice of cinnamon powder or vanillin, boil for a couple of minutes and divide the hot mixture into jars.
7. Roll up with metal lids and cool naturally.

Melon liquid jam

Everyone is free to choose a dessert to their liking. Some people like to spread a thick layer of jam on a piece of toast, while others prefer to add a spoonful of fragrant sweetness right into the cup. In the latter case, the following recipe comes in handy.

For 1 kg of melon pulp, take:

• 1 kg of sugar;
• 1 tbsp. water;
• 1 tbsp cognac.

Preparation:

1. Prepare the melon by cutting off the crust and removing the seeds, cut it into equal slices with a curly knife.
2. Fold in a suitable bowl, drizzle with brandy and sprinkle with half the sugar. Leave in a cool place for 2-3 hours.
3. Prepare syrup from the remaining sand and water, pour in the melon and leave for a day.
4. Drain the syrup, boil it and pour it back again. Repeat the procedure a couple more times.
5. At the last - cook the jam for about 5-10 minutes, pour into glass containers and cover with lids.

Aromatic melon jam

Melon jam, cooked according to this recipe, acquires a very unusual aroma. Provides a spicy touch natural honey, cardamom and almond slices.

For 1 kg of melon without seeds and peels, take:

• 300 g sugar;
• 120 g of honey;
• 2 packs of special gelling additive for jam;
• 60 g almonds;
• 2 lemons;
• 12-14 cardamom stars.

Melon recipes (recipes): Cold cream soup, savory and sweet salads, sorbet, ice cream and melon jam.

Melon dishes are unusual cocktails, light desserts, original sauces and exotic salads... V Mediterranean cuisine melon is traditionally served with ham and different kinds cheese, and in Asian countries, soups, candied fruits and ice cream are made from it. Dried pieces of melon are one of the most popular delicacies in Uzbekistan, and they are still made according to the recipe described by Marco Polo in his book: honey fruits are cut into thin slices, rolled up and dried in the sun.

Melon can be used to make many wonderful dishes. except traditional desserts- jelly, ice cream, sorbet and jam, from it are obtained original snacks, and in salads, melon is best combined with seafood - shrimp, scallops, and poultry - duck, chicken and turkey.

Melon recipes: recipes

Recipe 1. Melon salad with chicken breast and grapes

You will need: one small melon, a handful white grapes pitted, 250 g chicken breast, 120 ml natural yogurt, 140 g hard cheese, spices to taste.

For serving this salad, melon halves are ideal, especially if the dish is being prepared for a holiday: make zigzag cuts in the middle of the fruit with a sharp knife, divide the melon in half, remove the seeds, carefully remove the pulp (you need about 300 g) and cut it into cubes. Chicken breast boil in salted water and cut with the cheese into the same pieces as the melon. Cut the grapes into halves. Mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl, add a little salt if necessary, season with yogurt and stir. Serve in melon baskets.

Recipe 2. Melon salad with shrimps and avocado

You will need: 2 avocados, 600 g of melon pulp, a handful pine nuts, 10 large boiled shrimps, on a sprig of mint and basil, 1 orange, 1 lemon, a pinch of salt, 40 ml of olive oil, pepper to taste.

Squeezed out citrus juice(from an orange and half a lemon) combine with spices and olive oil. Rinse the greens, dry them, disassemble them into leaves, chop them finely and add to the dressing. Dry the nuts for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, in a dry frying pan, and chop finely. Peel the shrimp of heads, shells and intestinal veins. Peel the avocado, remove the pits and cut the flesh into slices, then drizzle with the juice squeezed out of the second half of the lemon. Cut the melon into the same pieces, combine with the avocado, put the fruit on nice plate, pour with dressing and decorate with nuts. Let the salad sit for a quarter of an hour, and place the shrimp on top before serving.

Recipe 3. Cold cream soup with melon and ham

You will need: 420 g of ham, 2 melons weighing about 700 g each, 220 ml of cream with a fat content of 10%, salt, nutmeg, a sprig of parsley, a handful of sesame seeds.

Wash the melons, cut them in half, peel them, and carefully remove the pulp from the fruit with a spoon. Do not throw away the halves - they will come in handy as bowls for serving soup. In a blender, grind the melon first, then add cream, a pinch nutmeg and salt to taste. Whisk the ingredients into a fluffy creamy mass and refrigerate for half an hour. Cut the ham into thin slices. Remove the soup from the refrigerator, pour over the melon halves and place the ham slices on top. Garnish with sesame seeds and parsley leaves.

Recipe 4. Melon sorbet with orange

You will need: 1 orange, 70 g of powdered sugar (linden or flower honey), 1 lemon, 0.5 kg melon, a few sprigs of mint and 120 g of almond crumbs (optional).

Rinse the melon, cut in half, peel the seeds. Cut the pulp into pieces. Squeeze the juice out of the citrus fruits. Place the melon pieces in a blender bowl, icing sugar(honey), pour in the lemon and orange juice and beat until smooth. Put the resulting mass in a container and put it in the freezer. After an hour, stir the sweet mass thoroughly. Do this several times. After 5-7 hours, the sorbet can be tasted. 20 minutes before serving, remove the dessert from the freezer, make balls using a special spoon, put them in bowls, garnish with almond crumbs and sprigs of mint if desired.

Recipe 5. Melon ice cream

You will need: 400 g of ripe soft melon pulp, 140 g of sugar, 400 ml of cream with a fat content of 20-35%.

Cut the melon into slices, combine with sugar and use a blender to puree. You can add a little more sugar, and if the dessert is prepared for children, replace it with honey or brown sugar(muscavado or demerara). Adjust the uniformity of ice cream at your discretion: some people like pieces of fruit in the dessert, while other housewives prefer the creamy consistency of ice cream. Whip the cream with a mixer to enrich it with air bubbles, mix with melon puree, put in a mold and send to freeze. Stir the ice cream every hour to prevent ice chunks from forming.

Recipe 6. Vitamin salad melon with honey dressing

What you need: 400 g sweet melon, 140 g fresh cranberries or blackberries, 70 g dried apricots, 1 banana, juice of half a lemon, 50 g liquid honey, a slice fresh ginger the size of a cherry, a handful of pistachios ( walnuts, cashews), a sprig of green basil.

Cut the peeled banana into half rings, washed and dried dried apricots into strips, melon pulp into cubes. Rinse the berries and dry on a sieve. Peel the ginger, grate on fine grater, mix with honey and lemon juice... Chop the nuts with a knife. Combine melon, banana, dried apricots, berries in a salad bowl, add the dressing and mix well. Serve the salad in bowls, sprinkle with nuts and garnish with basil sprigs. This dish can be modified: replace the banana with an apple, instead of honey and lemon use for dressing natural yoghurt, replace dried apricots dried cherries or sweet apricots.

Recipe 7. Melon and strawberry jam

You will need: 1 kg of melon, 500 g of strawberries, 200 ml of water, 5 tablespoons of flower honey, 500 g of sugar.

Wash the melon, peel it, remove the seeds, and chop the pulp into small cubes. Peel the strawberries from green baskets, wash, dry on a sieve and cut each berry in half. Make a syrup from water and sugar: combine the ingredients in a saucepan and cook over low heat until the sugar dissolves. Then add honey and bring the syrup to a boil over high heat. Put the melon with strawberries in a boiling sweet mass, let the syrup boil and cook the jam over low heat for another 30 minutes, constantly removing the foam. Ready jam arrange in jars, seal and wrap overnight. Store in a cellar or refrigerator. For this recipe, other berries are also suitable, you can take raspberries, cherries, from fruits - oranges and apricots.

Recipe 8. Sand cake with melon and cottage cheese

You will need: 1 egg, 1 pack of butter, a pinch of salt, a glass of flour, 120 g of powdered sugar. For the filling: 2 tablespoons of flour, 2 pears, 1 egg, 300 g of soft homemade (non-grained) cottage cheese, 350 g of melon pulp.

Chop the butter into pieces and grind well in a deep bowl with sifted flour. Then add salt, beaten egg and powdered sugar. Knead soft plastic dough and wrap it in plastic, let it sit for a while (you don't need to put it in the refrigerator). Melon and pear, washed and peeled, cut into slices and chop until creamy in a blender. Connect fruit puree with cottage cheese, egg and flour. The filling is ready. Grease the cake pan with butter, roll out the dough, distribute it in an even layer over the shape, making small sides, put the filling on top and bake in a well-heated oven for 30-40 minutes.

One of the main advantages of melons is a huge variety of varieties: juicy honey fruits produce wonderful desserts, and less sweet varieties are suitable for preparing salads, appetizers and main courses. Melon recipes will delight your little ones, surprise guests and become a favorite for the whole family. Cook and enjoy!