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Summery melon soup

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 2 melon(s) (Charentais or honeydew melon)
  • 5 lemons
  • 75 g sugar
  • 100 ml cream
  • 2 tbsp grenadine
  • Lemon balm

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

Halve the melons and scoop out 16 cherry-sized melon balls. Remove the remaining melon flesh from the rind and roughly dice. Rinse the lemons in hot water, zest 2 of them, and juice all 5. Finely purée the melon flesh, lemon juice, and sugar with a hand blender. Then add the melon balls and chill for about 1 hour. Whisk the cream and grenadine with a hand mixer until stiff. Ladle the soup into bowls, pour the cream over the top, sprinkle with the grated lemon zest, and garnish with lemon balm leaves.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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