Melon Mozzarella Salad
Enjoy beauty with Spoonsparrow and the melon‑mozzarella salad—melon is rich in vitamin A and good for the skin.
Ingredients
- 100 g Sugar snap peas
- Salt
- 1 kg watermelon (whole, with rind)
- 1 head lettuce
- 150 g strawberries (or other berries)
- 1 bunch chives
- 8 stalks chervil
- 1 lemon
- 250 g mozzarella
- 1 tbsp honey
- Pepper
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 4 slices whole‑grain toast
Instructions
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1.
Clean the sugar snap peas, remove any strings if necessary, wash and cook in plenty of boiling salted water for 1–2 minutes until crisp‑tender.
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2.
Rinse under running cold water for 30 seconds, drain well in a sieve, and cut diagonally in half.
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3.
If needed, halve the watermelon, slice into wedges, peel, deseed, and roughly cube the flesh.
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4.
Clean the lettuce, wash, dry by spinning, and tear into bite‑sized pieces.
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5.
Gently wash strawberries in a bowl, pat dry, clean, and dice into small cubes.
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6.
Wash and shake chives and chervil dry. Slice chives into fine ribbons, pluck chervil leaves.
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7.
Halve the lemon and squeeze out the juice. Drain the mozzarella and cube it.
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8.
Whisk lemon juice with honey, salt, pepper, and olive oil in a large bowl. Add strawberries and chives and let sit for 10 minutes.
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9.
Meanwhile toast the bread and cut into roughly 5 mm cubes.
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10.
Combine sugar snap peas, melon, mozzarella, chervil, and lettuce with the strawberries. Sprinkle bread cubes on top and serve immediately.