Shrimp And Melon Gazpacho Recipes

MELON GAZPACHO WITH HAM CROSTINI

Steps:

• Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium. Place 4 soup bowls in the freezer. Thread the chile and garlic on a skewer. Brush the chile-garlic skewer, bell pepper and onion with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Grill until well marked, about 4 minutes per side. Add the bread halfway through and grill until toasted, about 2 minutes per side.
• Transfer the grilled bell pepper, onion, chile and garlic to a blender. Add 6 cups cantaloupe, the vinegar and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Puree until smooth; season with salt and pepper. Transfer the soup to a medium bowl set inside a large bowl of ice to chill. Refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until cold, at least 10 minutes.
• While the soup chills, spread the aïoli on the grilled bread and top with the ham. Finely dice the remaining 1 cup cantaloupe. Serve the soup in the chilled bowls and top with the diced cantaloupe, parsley and a few grinds of pepper. Drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Serve with the ham crostini.

CUCUMBER GAZPACHO WITH SHRIMP AND MELON

Steps:

• In blender or food processor, combine coarsely chopped cucumber, scallions, coarsely chopped herbs, ginger, garlic, olive oil, and yogurt and process until smooth, about 1 minute. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper, and hot sauce, then transfer to large airtight container and refrigerate 1 hour or up to 4 hours.
• In small bowl, stir together shrimp and remaining cucumbers, herbs, and salt.
• Fold watermelon or cantaloupe into soup. Divide soup evenly among 4 chilled bowls and top each with dollop of shrimp mixture. Serve immediately.

SHRIMP AND MELON SALAD

Steps:

• Boil water in a medium saucepan. Add a dash of salt and lemon juice. When water boils, add shrimp, until they turn an opaque pink color. Remove shrimp from pan and shock in cold water to stop the cooking.
• In a large bowl, combine watermelon, honeydew, onion and jalapeno.
• In a separate bowl mix together: lime juice, honey, olive oil and dash of salt and pepper
• Drizzle over melon salad and toss to combine.

HONEYDEW MELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Roughly chop the melon and add to the bowl of a food processor, reserving some for garnish. Chop the cucumber and halve the grapes and add to the food processor. Top with the spinach, basil, scallions and serrano. Splash in the olive oil, champagne vinegar, lime juice and honey. Process until the ingredients are combined, about 1 minute. Add half the avocado and process again until the avocado has been completely incorporated, about 30 seconds. Season to taste with salt and pepper and thin with ice water if necessary to reach desired consistency.
• Transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• To serve: Ladle the soup into bowls and top with the diced honeydew, sliced avocado, and cilantro leaves. Serve with wedges of lime on the side.

SHRIMP AND MELON GAZPACHO

Steps:

• First make a court bouillon-poaching liquid for the shrimp. Bring broth to a boil in saucepan over medium heat. Poach shrimp in shells until just pink, 2-3 minutes. and use a slotted spoon to remove to platter to cool. Strain and reserve court bouillon and let cool. You'll add it to the gazpacho later.
• While shrimp are cooling, in a large bowl fold together cucumbers, tomatoes, jalapeno pepper, onion, tomatillos, melons and juice of one lemon. Add 1 tablespoon of the chives and the cooled court bouillon; stir to combine.
• Peel shrimp and dice small, reserving 6 shrimp to be halved lengthwise for garnish. Stir diced shrimp into fruit /vegtable mixture and season to taste with salt and pepper. Chill well.
• If you use this as an hors d;oeurve, serve in small bowls to 18-24 guests.
• If you use this as an appetizer, serve in soup bowls to 6 guests. Irvine suggests arranging 2 shrimp halves on surface of each appetizer serving, tails to center, and sprinkling with remaining chives to garnish.

SHRIMP GAZPACHO

Steps:

• In a large nonreactive bowl, mix first 6 ingredients. Gently stir in remaining ingredients. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour before serving.