Sliced Melon And Raspberries With Port Syrup Recipes

MELON WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Set aside a few raspberries for garnish. Place the remaining berries in a blender or food processor; cover and process until pureed. Add the honey, lemon juice and ginger; cover and process. Strain and discard seeds; set sauce aside., Cut the cantaloupe and honeydew into three wedges; cut each wedge widthwise in half. Remove seeds and rind. With a knife, slice each piece of melon lengthwise toward narrow end without cutting completely to the end. Open into a fan shape., On each dessert plate, place 2 tablespoons of raspberry sauce and a cantaloupe fan and honeydew fan. Garnish with reserved raspberries.

SWEDISH MELON WITH RED RASPBERRY PUREE (MELON-OCH HALLENDESSERT)

Steps:

• Cut melon in half and scoop out seeds.
• Scoop out melon with melon baller, or you can cut into small bite-sized cubes.
• Place in a serving bowl.
• At this point you have a choice. You can marinate the melon in a little rum for an hour or more, or you can just continue.
• If you marinated them, pour off any extra rum.
• Now, place raspberries in sieve over small bowl, and force berries thru sieve to remove seeds. (You can do this with the back of a spoon or just use your fingers.).
• Add sugar and lemon juice to seived raspberry puree.
• Pour raspberry puree over melon and chill for several hours.
• Serve from bowl, or serve in individual dessert dishes.
• You can even serve this with a little ice cream or whipped cream. But it's just fine on it's own.

SHERBET AND MELON

Steps:

• Cut melon lengthwise in half; remove seeds. Cut melon into 1/4-inch slices; cut away rind. Cut slices in half.
• For each serving, arrange 5 half-slices melon in fan shape on serving plate. Place 1 scoop sherbet at base of slices. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup raspberries. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon liqueur.

MELON WITH PORT

Steps:

• Cut melon horizontally in half.
• Scoop out and discard seeds.
• Place melon halves on individual serving plates.
• Pour up to 1/4 cup of ruby port into each half.
• Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.

SLICED MELON AND RASPBERRIES WITH PORT SYRUP

Steps:

• Place the melon pieces in a pretty serving bowl. Sprinkle with the lemon juice. Pour on the port syrup.
• Carefully add the raspberries to the serving bowl, but don't mix them in. They will get mixed in on the plates. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Serve chilled.