Melon salad sweet-sour

Name: Melon salad sweet-sour
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 200 g Lamb's lettuce; 1 (approx. 1.1 kg) Charentais melon; 1 (approx. 200 g) red pepper; 7-10 Tbsp ca.1/2 pot of basil; 50 g Sugar; 75 ml White wine vinegar; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper

AUTHOR
Billie Wagner

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
40 mins

TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

200 g Lamb's lettuce
1 (approx. 1.1 kg) Charentais melon
1 (approx. 200 g) red pepper
7-10 Tbsp ca.1/2 pot of basil
50 g Sugar
75 ml White wine vinegar
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper

Directions

1
Clean lamb's lettuce, wash thoroughly and drain. Halve the melon and remove the seeds. Cut 12 thin slices from one half and remove the skin as desired. Cut out balls from the remaining melon with a ball cutter.
2
Wash the peppers and dice very finely. Wash basil, dab dry and cut into strips. Caramelise sugar in a pan until golden brown. Deglaze with 4-5 tablespoons of boiling water and vinegar.
3
Bring to the boil, let it boil down for about 1 minute and add diced peppers. Season with salt and pepper and simmer for 1-2 minutes. Add melon balls and simmer for another 1-2 minutes. Stir in basil. Arrange lamb's lettuce and melon wedges on 4 plates and add the lukewarm melon balls with the sauce.
4
Serve immediately.