Cool Melon and Hot Bacon
photo by kelly in TO
- Ready In:
- 18mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 1 ripe orange-fleshed melon
- 225 g smoked bacon
- 3 sprigs flat leaf parsley
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For the dressing
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 large lemon, juice of
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- black pepper, to taste
directions
- Cut the melon in half, scoop out the seeds and cut the flesh into wedges.
- Slice the fruit from the skin then cut the flesh into thick cubes. Keep the pieces generously sized.
- Remove the rinds from the bacon. Grill the bacon - or fry it in a non-stick pan - until crisp, then drain on kitchen paper. Cut or break the bacon into pieces about 2 cm in length. Pull the leaves from the parsley and roughly chop.
- Dissolve the honey in the lemon juice, season with a few grinds of black pepper and beat in the olive oil with a fork or small whisk.
- Add the bacon and parsley to the melon. Pour over the dressing and gently toss, trying not to break up the melon. Divide between two plates and serve.
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Reviews
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delicious and light - I used far less bacon (in fact, I used chorizo) and because so much fat came out when I dry-fried it, I squeezed the lemon juice straight into the pan along with the honey and pepper and poured it over the melon (didn't need the olive oil). What a taste sensation! Thank you, I was looking for a simple and different melon recipe, now this will be in my repertoire forever more!
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Hello!
I'm Kelly from Toronto, I'm a communications designer, and cooking and baking just a serious hobby...
I cook healthy and you'll find a majority of my recipes are high fiber, high protein and low sugar.
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