Melon With Honey
Created by Tisme on March 20, 2015
- Servings: 7
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 4h
- Recipe #18173
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 cup water
- 2 teaspoons black peppercorns (whole, crushed)
- 1 (3 pounds) cantaloupe (slightly under-ripe - peeled, seeded, quartered & thinly sliced, you could use a vegetable peeler to cut melon)
- 3 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil
- Sea salt
How to Make
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Step 1: Stir the honey, black pepper and 1 cup boiling water in a medium sized baking dish or bowl and allow to cool.
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Step 2: Add the cantaloupe and toss to coat with the liquid. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least four hours, or up 12 hours ~ (overnight)
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Step 3: Drain and discard the excess syrup from the cantaloupe. Sprinkle with thinly sliced basil and salt.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (69.8 g)
- Calories 88.1
- Total Fat - 0 g
- Saturated Fat - 0 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 2.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 23.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 23.2 g
- Protein - 0.2 g
- Calcium - 8.6 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg