Prawn & melon salad

Name: Prawn & melon salad
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 garlic clove; 1 handful a of coriander stems or roots; 1 teaspoon golden caster sugar; 1 red chilli, deseeded, plus 1 tsp chopped to garnish; 1 2cm/¾in of root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped; 3 juice of limes and 1½ oranges; 1 small watermelon, weighing about 1.8kg 4lb; 24 larges cooked and peeled tiger prawns; 4 spring onions, finely sliced; 2 trimmed stems of lemongrass, finely sliced; 1 serving 4cm/1½in root ginger, peeled, cut into fine matchsticks; 1 zest of lime; 3 lime leaves, shredded (optional); 1 handful a each of coriander and mint leaves, chopped; 100 grams roasted salted peanuts or cashews, to garnish

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Prawn & melon salad a try. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 12g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 370 calories. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up garlic clove, lime leaves, golden caster sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian diet. Yellow Melon Muscatel (Melon Salad), Mojito Fruit Salad: Melon & Berry Salad with Mint-Lime Dressing, and Vietnamese prawn salad are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Three hours before serving: make the dressing.

Put the garlic and coriander in a food processor with 1 tsp salt and the sugar, then pulse to a pulp.

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Coriander

Garlic

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Add the chilli, ginger and citrus juices and pulse until smooth. Cover and chill.

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Chili Pepper

Ginger

Two hours before serving: cut the watermelon into segments, remove the skin and seed the flesh.

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Watermelon

Cut into lozenges about 3cm wide.

Mix the melon and prawns and add the spring onions, lemongrass, ginger, lime zest and lime leaves. Chill.

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Spring Onions

Lime Leaves

Lemon Grass

Lime Zest

Ginger

Shrimp

Melon

To serve: toss the dressing and herbs into the salad and scatter with chilli and peanuts.

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Peanuts

Chili Pepper

Herbs

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Food Processor

Ingredients

Servings:

garlic clove 1handful

a of coriander stems or roots 1teaspoon

golden caster sugar 1

red chilli, deseeded, plus 1 tsp chopped to garnish 1

2cm/¾in of root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped 3

juice of limes and 1½ oranges 1small

watermelon, weighing about 1.8kg 4lb 24larges

cooked and peeled tiger prawns 4

spring onions, finely sliced 2

trimmed stems of lemongrass, finely sliced 1serving

4cm/1½in root ginger, peeled, cut into fine matchsticks 1

zest of lime 3

lime leaves, shredded (optional)1handful

a each of coriander and mint leaves, chopped 100grams

roasted salted peanuts or cashews, to garnish

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Gruener Veltliner, Sauvignon Blanc

Chardonnay, Gruener Veltliner, and Sauvignon Blanc are my top picks for Salad. Sauvignon Blanc and Gruner Veltliner both have herby notes that complement salads with enough acid to match tart vinaigrettes, while a Chardonnay can be a good pick for creamy salad dressings. The Laguna Winery Russian River Chardonnay with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 29 dollars per bottle.