Honeydew And Cantaloupe In Vanilla Lime Syrup

By á-174942

Ingredients

• SYRUP:
• 4 cups honeydew melon balls, 3/4" to 1" (from one 5-lb melon)
• 4 cups cantaloupe melon balls, 3/4" to 1" (from one 5-lb melon)
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup fresh lime juice
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 limes zested in strips
• with a vegetable peeler
• 1 vanilla bean split
• GARNISH:
• Whipped cream
• Freshly-grated lime zest

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

In a small saucepan simmer syrup ingredients, stirring, until sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute. Remove pan from heat, add split vanilla bean, and cool syrup completely.

Discard zest and vanilla bean. Syrup may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.

Just before serving, in a medium bowl combine melon balls with syrup and divide mixture among 6 martini glasses. Top each serving with a generous dollop of cream and garnish with grated zest.

This recipe yields 6 servings.