Melon balls in champagne jelly

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 600 g melon(s), mixed pulp, formed with a melon baller
• 600 ml sparkling wine
• 1 pack of white gelatin
• e.g. powdered sugar or sweetener
• 1 cup whipped cream
• 1 pack of cream stiffener
• e.g. powdered sugar or sweetener
• 12 leaves of mint or lemon balm (one per serving) for decoration

Instructions

Working time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

Fast, refreshing and delicious!

Chill the sparkling wine. Scoop out the mixed melon pulp (I used watermelon, Galia melon, and honeydew melon) into the smallest, most seedless balls possible. Sweeten to taste, if necessary. Divide the melon balls between glasses and chill. Soak and dissolve the gelatin according to the package instructions. Add a small portion of the sparkling wine to the gelatin, mix, and then add the remaining sparkling wine without stirring too much to retain as much of the carbonation as possible. Pour the sparkling wine over the melon balls and chill immediately. Whip the cream until stiff, add a little sweetener, and once it has set, garnish the jelly with a dollop of cream and, if desired, a mint or lemon balm leaf. This makes enough for about 12 glasses. Scooping out the melon balls takes a while, but the rest goes much faster ;-)! Alternatively, you can also cut the melon into pieces, but this will lose its visual appeal.