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I've never though of adding watermelon and cheese together. Regardless, it's probably a delicious food combination. Especially because of the fresh mint taste.
It's a typical summer salad here in Turkey but I was always the same, I didn't think melon and cheese would complement each other but as I had all the 3 elements in the fridge fresh from the market I just tried it and love it π
I also put watermelon in a yoghurt and purslane salad a few days ago and that was great too π2 -
I do watermelon/feta/mint a lot too. Here it is as part of a salad buffet for a housewarming party.
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I just need to grab some fresh mint & make this over the weekend as I've got feta and watermelon already. Thanks for the idea!2
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@acpgee that all looks lovely π
@seltzermint555 I can believe that I've waited so long before making this. All those wasted summers past π4 -
It's a terrific salad to bring to a BBQ because if you leave the mint leaves whole, it doesn't look worse for wear sitting out in the sun for a few hours. Some recipes add olive oil and/or balsamic vinegar. I usually drizzle with a little olive oil.2
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If you need to stretch the ingredients you've got on hand, or prefer a more neutral taste, a little cubed cucumber goes well with this combination.4
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It's a terrific salad to bring to a BBQ because if you leave the mint leaves whole, it doesn't look worse for wear sitting out in the sun for a few hours. Some recipes add olive oil and/or balsamic vinegar. I usually drizzle with a little olive oil.
I know sometimes oil is added also pomegranate molasses (nar ekΕili) but I wanted to keep the calories as low as possible. I'm glad I did as it was perfect.
It's market day again tomorrow so I'll get another watermelon (this one was a 10 kilo monster and it's only lasted less than a week!) and I've plenty of white cheese and mint so this salad will be my lunch every day until melon season is over, in 3 months time π2 -
Looks all sorts of yum OP !1
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This sounds so good right now. I've had some version of this in a restaurant before and it's amazing.1
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Stumbled on another variation of the watermelon and cheese salad tonight. The hubby ordered it in an Italian restaurant and this version was watermelon, ricotta salata, fennel fronds (mostly on the bottom) and finely sliced chilli. Ricotta salata is a matured hard cheese typically grated over pasta a la Norma in Sicily. It's not like normal ricotta that has a cottage cheese texture. If you can't find ricotta salata locally, a young pecorino would be a good substitute. Or any young hard cheese with an acidic tang.
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Stumbled on another variation of the watermelon and cheese salad tonight. The hubby ordered it in an Italian restaurant and this version was watermelon, ricotta salata, fennel fronds (mostly on the bottom) and finely sliced chilli. Ricotta salata is a matured hard cheese typically grated over pasta a la Norma in Sicily. It's not like normal ricotta that has a cottage cheese texture. If you can't find ricotta salata locally, a young pecorino would be a good substitute. Or any young hard cheese with an acidic tang.
Ooh, that looks and sounds lovely π1 -
Used OP's suggestion of a drizzle of pomegranate molasses which is way better than my normal addition of a drizzle of olive oil. The pomegranate molasses adds complexity. My favourite version yet. This salad was layered, not mixed. A bed of watermelon cubes, some crumbled feta on top, a scatter of mint leaves, then a drizzle pomegranate molasses.
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Used OP's suggestion of a drizzle of pomegranate molasses which is way better than my normal addition of a drizzle of olive oil. The pomegranate molasses adds complexity. My favourite version yet. This salad was layered, not mixed. A bed of watermelon cubes, some crumbled feta on top, a scatter of mint leaves, then a drizzle pomegranate molasses.
Argh @acpgee, you've tempted me now to splash out on the extra calories for the nar ekΕili π±π0 -
We didn't much watermelon leftover but stretched it with a peach and a little cucumber. Added black pepper. The only thing I will do differently next time is to cool the peach before adding to salad, if you blanch or microwave the peach to peel it.
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We're going to a restaurant tonight near the Turkish grocer so maybe I can get a whole watermelon instead of those silly little plastic packets of cut up watermelon sold in supermarkets in the UK. If not, I am going to try this with halved green seedless grapes and cubes of cucumber that I've got in the fridge. I need to use up that open packet of feta. Might need to buy mint too, because the plant on my window sill has been cut back pretty severely lately.1
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We're going to a restaurant tonight near the Turkish grocer so maybe I can get a whole watermelon instead of those silly little plastic packets of cut up watermelon sold in supermarkets in the UK. If not, I am going to try this with halved green seedless grapes and cubes of cucumber that I've got in the fridge. I need to use up that open packet of feta. Might need to buy mint too, because the plant on my window sill has been cut back pretty severely lately.
Watermelon is so cheap here at the moment - I paid the equivalent of 14 pence/kilo the otger day for a huge 9.5 kilo beast π The only downside is finding the fridge space for it once it's been started on π€ I'm eating and drinking so much melon every day now π
Was it nice with the peaches? They're a reasonably good price at the moment so I might get some at the veg' market tomorrow. My husband won't eat them unpeeled because he doesn't like the skin texture but he can eat them peeled. I refuse to peel his bloody fruit for him π€£ Can you share your microwave method please? Then I can teach him how to do it π1 -
We're going to a restaurant tonight near the Turkish grocer so maybe I can get a whole watermelon instead of those silly little plastic packets of cut up watermelon sold in supermarkets in the UK. If not, I am going to try this with halved green seedless grapes and cubes of cucumber that I've got in the fridge. I need to use up that open packet of feta. Might need to buy mint too, because the plant on my window sill has been cut back pretty severely lately.
Donβt they sell whole watermelons in the UK routinely? That makes me sad. We have them in the US. Great big giant ones down to personal size ones a little bigger than an average size cantaloupe. The 4th of July is a huge watermelon picnic item here. I love this time of the year with the exotic melons tat are available. All the great fruits that are available actually. I bought a few pounds of Bing cherries yesterday on sale.Your recipes are amazing, thanks for posting them.2 -
Unfortunately in central London supermarkets fruit and veg is in little packets with totally unncessary plastic. Sigh.
For peeling peaches I think the blanching method works best. I would do the blanching and cooling steps for your whole batch of peaches at one time so you can just peel one when you want one.
https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-peel-peaches-2217611
But here is the microwave method I tried today.
https://cookiesandhostas.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/peeling-peaches/1 -
Unfortunately in central London supermarkets fruit and veg is in little packets with totally unncessary plastic. Sigh.
For peeling peaches I think the blanching method works best. I would do the blanching and cooling steps for your whole batch of peaches at one time so you can just peel one when you want one.
https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-peel-peaches-2217611
But here is the microwave method I tried today.
https://cookiesandhostas.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/peeling-peaches/
So just like tomatoes then? Simple enough, even for him π€£2
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