3 Aug
2017

Celebrate Watermelon Day!

Celebrate Watermelon Day with this tasty salad! Today is National Watermelon Day and to celebrate this supremely summery fruit, we thought it would be nice to present a dish that’s a bit out of the ordinary. We came across this recipe from Good Food Channel which we just loved and wanted to share.

Watermelon, feta and black olive salad

Ingredients

• 1 small red onion

• 2 limes, or more, depending on juiciness

• 1.5 kg watermelon, ripe and sweet

• 250 g feta cheese

• 1 bunches flat leaf parsley, fresh

• 1 bunches mint, chopped

• 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

• 100 g pitted black olives

• 1 pinches pepper

Method

1. Peel and halve the red onion and cut into very fine half-moons and put in a small bowl to steep with the lime juice, to bring out the transparent pickness in the onions and diminish their rasp. Two limes’ worth should do it, but you can find the fruits disappointingly dried up and barren when you cut them in half, in which case add more.

2. Remove the rind and pips from the watermelon, and cut into approximately 4cm triangular chunks, if that makes sense (maths are not my strong point).

3. Cut the feta into similar sized pieces and put them both into a large, wide shallow bowl.

4. Tear off sprigs of parsley so that it is used like a salad leaf, rather than a garnish, and add to the bowl along with the chopped mint.

5. Tip the now glowingly puce onions, along with their pink juices over the salad in the bowl, add the oil and olives, then using your hands toss the salad very gently so that the feta and melon don’t lose their shape. Add a good grinding of black pepper and taste to see whether the dressing needs more lime.

Recipe has been taken from Good Food Channel

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Marketing & Communications Executive

Reviewed by: James Bogle
Head of Marketing & Communications, QEII Centre

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