Name: Chilled ginger and lime honeydew
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 lime rind, pith removed, cut into very thin strips; 1/3 cup (80ml) lime juice; 1/4 cup (55g) sugar; 1 tablespoon grated ginger; 1 honeydew melon, seeded, flesh scooped into balls with a melon baller

Chilled ginger and lime honeydew

Feel like a refreshing fruit treat on a hot summer day? Chilled and tasty, this ginger and lime honeydew is the perfect way to cool down

Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

Total

20M

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Ingredients

1 lime rind, pith removed, cut into very thin strips

1/3 cup (80ml) lime juice

1/4 cup (55g) sugar

1 tablespoon grated ginger

1 honeydew melon, seeded, flesh scooped into balls with a melon baller

Method

1.In a small heavy-based saucepan, combine lime rind and juice, sugar, ginger and 1/3 cup water. Heat on low, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil and cook for 5 minutes. Pour syrup through a fine sieve into a bowl and set aside to cool.

2.Add melon balls to syrup and toss to coat. Refrigerate, covered, for 2 hours. Dip wet rims of glasses in a little sugar and fill with fruit. Serve.

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