Melone con menta
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ | cup | Fresh mint |
| 1 | teaspoon | Grated lime rind |
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | cup | White wine |
| ¼ | cup | Plus |
| 1 | tablespoon | Fresh lime juice |
| 1 | quart | Fresh melon balls |
| Mint sprigs or watercress for garnish | ||
| Powdered sugar | ||
Directions
1. With mortar or blender, crush mint leaves with lime rind & sugar.
2. Add wine & ¼ cup lime juice, mixing well. Let stand about 15 minutes.
3. Strain over melon balls & chill about 2 hours.
4. Serve in chilled champagne glasses. Garnish with mint sprigs of watercress that have first been dipped in lime juice & then in powdered sugar.
DON LUIGIS
BEULAH RD, TURTLE CREEK, DALLAS WINE: TIO PEPE
From the <Micro Cookbook Collection of Italian Recipes>. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .
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