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Watermelon Feta Salad

🇬🇷 Greece

Servings: 4 Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 5 minutes Total: 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 kg watermelon flesh, seedless or nearly seedless
  • 200 g feta cheese
  • 3-4 sprigs fresh mint
  • 1/2 lime, juiced
  • 1/2 orange, juiced
  • 50 g pine nuts
  • 1 tbsp lime zest
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 pinch chili flakes
  • Salt, to taste

Steps

  1. Cut the watermelon and weigh out about 1.5 kg with rind to yield 1 kg of flesh.
  2. Cut the watermelon flesh into approximately 1.5 cm cubes and place in a bowl.
  3. In a separate bowl, juice the lime and orange. Whisk together with olive oil and honey, then season with chili flakes and salt to make the dressing.
  4. Pour the dressing over the watermelon cubes and let marinate briefly.
  5. Crumble the feta into pieces. Wash the mint and pluck the leaves into small pieces. Zest the lime. Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan over medium heat until golden brown.
  6. Combine all ingredients with the marinated watermelon in a salad bowl, or arrange on plates: distribute the watermelon evenly, then top with feta, pine nuts, mint leaves, and lime zest.
  7. Optionally, serve in a hollowed-out watermelon half for presentation.

Notes

For an eye-catching presentation, serve the salad in a hollowed-out watermelon shell.

Source: emmikochteinfach.de