10 amazing recipes from watermelon
How in your life you ate a watermelon? Most probably, only in raw form or in cocktails. But a little bit of magic, and can do amazing things with watermelon: ice cream, shakes, fried and even savoury dishes.
So we recommend to take note of 10 simple, but impressive recipes with watermelon.
Salad appetizer with grilled watermelon, mint and feta cheese
Salad-appetizers you will need:
Will rascality grill. Dry with a paper towel slices of watermelon and put them on the grill. Cook on one side, without turning, for 2 minutes. Toss greens with 2 tablespoons of lime juice, olive oil and a pinch of salt. Place greens on a large platter, top off with slices of watermelon with grill toasted side up. Add Feta and a few slices of watermelon. Pour them on top of the remaining lime juice and sprinkle a little salt (pepper to taste). It remains only to decorate all the mint and pumpkin seeds.
Delicious watermelon slices with mint and lime
Cut the watermelon into 4 pieces, then into thick slices about 5 cm (see figure). Chop the mint leaves and mix in a bowl with 2 tablespoons of lime peel. Add the sugar and all mix well. Place watermelon slices on a large flat dish and pour them on top of the lime juice. Then sprinkle the pieces are made mint-lime sugar.
Watermelon-mint sorbet
For the sorbet you need:
Chunks of watermelon, sugar, lime juice and rum — all loaded into the blender. And bring to a puree. Add the mint and mix everything up until it becomes small particles and it will not be seen. After the mixture pack into airtight container and freeze for several hours.
The presence of ice greatly facilitates the process. If not, then every hour take the mixture out of the freezer and stir it thoroughly with a spoon or mixer until it is possible. This is to ensure that the ice cream didn't formed ice crystals. For complete freeze sherbet is kept in the freezer for 6-8 hours.
Watermelon tomato salad with Feta
For the salad you will need:
Start with cooking the filling. For this mix the vinegar, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Then add olive oil and whisk thoroughly. At the time put aside.
Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise, remove seeds with a spoon as needed. Then cut it into thin slices in the form of a Crescent. Not thick cut onion into half rings. Finally the cucumber, onion, tomatoes, chunks of watermelon, pepper, cheese and mint, put in large bowl. Add dressing. Serve immediately.
Milk-watermelon shake
Watermelon must be pre-frozen. To do this, cut it into pieces, put them on a sheet of parchment paper in a single layer and place in the freezer. So the watermelon pieces are not glued together, and you can take them as long as necessary. After they freeze you can put it in sealed bags and keep it as up to three months.
For the neck you will need:
Combine all ingredients in a blender and mix until consistency of a milkshake. To taste you can add sugar. Actually, ready!
Refreshing watermelon water
For watermelon water will need:
Half of watermelon pulp and half water placed in a blender and turn into a smooth puree. Then try the resulting mass to the taste — is it sweet. If you feel that is not very sweet, remember to add sugar in the next batch. Strain the liquid through a sieve into a jug or large bowl. Repeat the procedure with the remaining pieces of watermelon and water, add the mint leaves and sugar. Mix all until smooth. Again filtered. Add the lime juice. Before serving refrigerated.
Watermelon Popsicle
For watermelon Popsicles you need:
Watermelon pulp with sugar, puree them in a blender. A little later add mint, lemon zest, and salt.
The resulting mixture is poured into Popsicle forms, which are available in the economy. Then send future watermelon ice cream in the fridge. After a half hour in the form you can insert the sticks. Leave watermelon Popsicles in the freezer at least 3 hours to thoroughly freeze.
Watermelon jelly
For jelly you will need:
Cut the watermelon into large chunks, peeled. The pulp is put in a blender and turn into a puree. Strain pureed watermelon through a sieve. In the end, you should get about 3 cups of juice.
In a small bowl mix the gelatin with 1 Cup of watermelon juice. Allow to steep for 3 minutes.
In a small saucepan over medium heat heated the rest of the watermelon juice, adding sugar. Keep on heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then add to this mixture the previously prepared gelatin and lemon juice. Remove from the heat.
Pour the prepared mixture in moulds previously coated with oil. Cover and put in refrigerator overnight. Before serving, cut the jelly into cubes and arrange on the bowls.
Watermelon-orange smoothie
For smoothies you will need:
Cut the watermelon into pieces, if possible remove the seeds. Loaded into blender watermelon slices, orange juice, pepper and ice. We mix it all together. You can add a little honey to make the drink more sweet. So quick and easy, and already prepared smoothie. Enjoy!
Superoxidase strawberry-watermelon drink
For a drink you will need:
If you have a juicer, in accordance with the instructions obtained from the juice of watermelon, strawberry, lime. The flesh use.
If using blender, blend watermelon, strawberries, lime until smooth. Pass through a sieve, helping with the spatula.
Take cups and put in each of them 3 mint leaf. Put on top of the ice. A mixture of juices (watermelon, strawberry and lime) is poured into glasses and served.
As you can see, simple and accessible. Recipes, the main component of which is watermelon — so good that I want to make them right now!
What original recipes with watermelon, you know?
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