Melon Dishes - Dessert & Snacks

Melon dishes are a wonderful dessert. In addition to dessert masterpieces, this fruit can be put into salads, getting an incomparable appetizer. For the winter, there is an opportunity to stock up on melon compote or jam. In general, melon is versatile and can be used in any culinary invention.

Before thinking about what to cook from a melon, you need to familiarize yourself with its main use. The melon fruit of the pumpkin family is used mainly raw, but the sweet pulp is processed into candied fruits, jam, melon honey, dried and dried.

Sweet melon dishes

Sweet melon dishes, the recipes of which are intended only for the sweet tooth, will give a detailed description of the processing of the juicy yellowish pulp of the melon into wonderful culinary creations. Often, ice cream, smoothies, pies, desserts and all kinds of pastries are made from this fruit.

Melon smoothie

This thick melon drink is meant to be consumed for breakfast to get a boost of energy for the whole day. Smoothies from melons can be supplemented with fruits or berries such as kiwi. For a drink, you need to take 2 cups (150 grams) of diced melon, half a glass of kiwi of the same shape. Add honey to the mixture, in the amount of 1 tbsp. spoons and the same amount of lemon juice.

Preparation:

1. Chop kiwi and melon to make the prescribed amount according to the recipe.
2. Place melon, honey and lemon juice in a blender. If you have a hot summer, then you can throw in a couple of ice cubes for a cooling effect. Grind until smooth.
3. Pour the mixture into a glass, add the kiwi chunks and mix with a spoon.
4. Done!

Based on this description, you can safely replace kiwi with another ingredient by following the cooking steps.

Melon sorbet

Ice-cold melon ice cream from a minimum of components is a melon sorbet. For a sweet treat, 250 grams of melon pulp, a large glass of water, Art. a spoonful of lemon juice and 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar.

Preparation:

1. Turn the melon into cubes.
2. Make a syrup with water and sugar and let it cool completely.
3. Place cubes and syrup in a blender and grind. At the end, pour in lemon juice.
4. Pour into curly nylon molds, close tightly with a lid and send to the freezer. Freezing time depends on the properties of your refrigerator. Done!

If there are no special molds, ordinary plastic cups can perform their function, and baking foil will act as a lid.

Melon ice cream

This recipe involves making melon ice cream with the addition of strawberry... It will take 1 glass of melon and strawberries, in the form of cubes. These components can also be taken frozen. Additional ingredients will be: a quarter cup (40 grams) of milk, a third cup (50 grams) of orange juice, a glass of water, and 1 tbsp. spoon of honey.

Preparation:

1. Place all ingredients in a blender except water and grind until puree. Pour in water and stir with a spoon.
2. Pour the gruel into plastic cups familiar to us. Seal the top tightly with foil and stick a wooden stick into the future ice cream through the foil.

Done!

Melon dessert

Get a fluffy melon dessert similar to marmalade with the easy recipe below. For jelly dessert, 1 bag of "Jelly" (90 grams) and 270 grams of melon pulp will go. Fill the dish with aroma and taste with 2 tbsp. tablespoons of coconut flakes, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sugar, 40 grams of water and, if desired, fresh mint.

Preparation:

1. Grind the melon pulp in a blender.
2. Immerse the resulting puree in a saucepan, add sugar and bring to a boil.
3. Turn off the heat, pour a bag of jelly, stir.
4. After slightly cooling, beat the mass with a whisk.
5. Pour the melon mousse into any dish, the top of which is then hermetically sealed with cling film and sent to the freezer.
6. After a couple of hours, the dessert is ready, you can take it out by removing the film. Cut with a knife, chop with coconut and serve. Enjoy your meal!

Melon pie

Sweet cake with melon, a recipe with a photo of which will help you create sweet pastries at home. It will take 500 grams of melon, one glass of flour, semolina and kefir, 3 chicken eggs. Additional components of the pie will be 100 grams of butter, half a glass of sugar, a large spoonful of powdered sugar, a bag of vanilla sugar for flavor, half a teaspoon of salt and soda (quenched with vinegar). You will need vegetable oil to lubricate melon baking surfaces.

Preparation:

1. Peel the eggs, pour into a large bowl and cover with sugar and vanilla. Stir the ingredients with a fork until smooth.
2. Melt the butter and add it to the sugar and egg puree. Pour kefir there. Mix.
3. Add semolina, flour, soda to the resulting mix and mix. The consistency should be liquid like pancakes. If such a mass does not work out, you should adjust it by adding flour or kefir.
4. Grease a baking dish with vegetable oil and pour the dough into it.
5. Pour melon cubes on top of the dough.
6. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and put the melon dough there. Bake for 25 minutes.
7. Remove the melon dish from the oven, let it cool and stir with powdered sugar. Done!

Melon snacks

Melon snacks involve salty, peppercorns, and such other ingredients. Melon salads can include various combinations with meat, sausage, cheese, cereals, rice. A juicy fruit snack can be made by simply frying it in a pan.

Melon salad

This melon snack salad is light and hearty. It will need 1 melon weighing about 1 kilogram, 150 grams of rice, 150 grams of uncooked smoked meat (chicken), the same amount of hard cheese. To taste, you need to take salt, black pepper, olive oil and mint for decoration.

Preparation:

1. Chop the melon peeled from the peel and seeds into pieces.
2. Turn the hard cheese into cubes.
3. Cut the smoked meat into small cubes or strips.
4. While you are slicing, you need to boil the rice, into which you can then put cheese, melon and meat.
5. Season with salt, pepper and mix the ingredients.
6. Pour in the olive oil and move the salad into a nice dish, which can be melon rind.

Fried melon

Roasted melon can be a quick morning snack. For its preparation, you can take as many melons as you like, but this recipe, for example, is designed for 1 large fruit. When frying, it will be wrapped in flour, which will need 6 tbsp. spoons. A bunch of shallots can be added to the flour if desired. 2 tbsp. tablespoons of cornstarch, 1 egg, half a teaspoon of salt and ground black pepper, a quarter glass of water, a glass of oil for frying.

Preparation:

1. Remove seeds and skins from the melon. Cut it into slices or rectangles.
2. Chop the shallots finely.
3. Mix flour with starch, salt, pepper, water and egg.
4. Dip pieces of melon in dough and place in a frying pan with vegetable oil. Fry for 2 minutes on both sides.
5. Serve with pepper and salt. Enjoy your meal!

Melon dishes are not limited to those presented above. Unleash your imagination and, guided by these recipes, create your own unsurpassed melon dish. Delicious culinary masterpieces for you!