Best Melon With Port And Mint Recipes

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MELON BALLS WITH PORT RECIPE



Melon Balls With Port Recipe image

Craving for a refreshing cocktail? Nothing beats with the traditional melon balls and port combination. Get the freshest melons and drink up. Cheers!

Provided by Recipes.net Team

Categories     Cocktail

Time 3h10m

Yield 1

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 ripe, halved and seeds trimmed cantaloupes
1 cup (or red wine) port wine
¼ cup grape juice
¼ cup or orange liqueur, or your preferred fruit-flavored liqueur triple sec
mint leaves

Steps:

  • Scoop out melon meat with a melon baller.
  • Place the melon balls in a glass and pour all your liquids. Mix to combine.
  • Cover and set aside in your freezer for roughly 3 to 5 hours. You want the melon balls to be partially frozen and very cold.
  • Portion accordingly and garnish with fresh mint leaves. You may also drain the melon balls from the liquid before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 791.00kcal, Carbohydrate 106.00g, Fat 1.00g, Fiber 5.00g, Protein 5.00g, SaturatedFat 1.00g, ServingSize 1.00, Sodium 118.00mg, Sugar 90.00g, UnsaturatedFat 1.00g

MELON AND PROSCIUTTO WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR AND MINT



Melon and Prosciutto with Balsamic Vinegar and Mint image

Categories     Appetizer     Quick & Easy     Wheat/Gluten-Free     Melon     Mint     Summer     Prosciutto     Gourmet

Yield Serves 4 as a first course

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons minced fresh mint leaves plus mint sprigs for garnish
1 tablespoon sugar
twelve 1/4-inch-thick wedges of seeded and peeled honeydew melon or cantaloupe
4 thin slices of prosciutto (about 2 ounces)

Steps:

  • In a small bowl stir together the vinegar, the minced mint, and the sugar, let the mixture stand for 30 minutes, and force it through a fine sieve set over a bowl, pressing hard on the solids. Arrange 3 wedges of the melon on each of 4 chilled plates and drizzle each serving with some of the vinegar mixture. Drape each serving of melon with a slice of the prosciutto and garnish the plates with the mint sprigs.

MELON WITH PORT AND MINT



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Categories     Fruit     Herb     Appetizer     Marinate     Low Sodium     Melon     Mint     Port     Summer     Bon Appétit

Yield Serves 10

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/3 cup water
4 tablespoons minced fresh mint
3 tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup tawny or ruby Port
2 to 3 melons (such as honeydew, cantaloupe, crenshaw or casaba), peeled, seeded, sliced
Fresh mint sprigs

Steps:

  • Combine 1/3 cup water, 2 tablespoons minced mint and sugar in small saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to simmer. Remove from heat. Cover; let syrup stand at room temperature at least 2 hours or overnight.
  • Strain syrup into small bowl. Stir in Port and 2 tablespoons minced fresh mint. Arrange melon slices on platter. Pour Port syrup over. Cover and chill 2 hours. Garnish with mint sprigs.

MELON WITH MINT & FETA



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Combine the flavours of melon, feta and mint in a refreshing summer snack. This is also a great low-calorie starter if you have friends round

Provided by Good Food team

Categories     Snack, Starter

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 x 5cm wedges of watermelon
40g feta , crumbled
handful chopped mint
2 wedges of lime

Steps:

  • Take each wedge of melon and slice between the rind and flesh to separate them, then cut downwards to make bite-size chunks. Flick out the seeds, scatter over the feta and mint, and squeeze over the lime before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 115 calories, Fat 5 grams fat, SaturatedFat 3 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 14 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 14 grams sugar, Fiber 0.3 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, Sodium 0.51 milligram of sodium

MELON WITH PORT



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For this simple and refreshing dessert, ruby port is poured into a halved Charentais melon. The fortified wine brings out the fruit's sweetness; dark chocolate adds a bittersweet touch.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons ruby port
4 to 6 Charentais or other small melons, halved and seeded
Mint sprigs, for garnish
Dark chocolate batons

Steps:

  • Pour 3 tablespoons port into center of each melon half. Garnish with mint, and serve with chocolate batons.

MELON WITH PORT



Melon With Port image

You can use a wide variety of melons in with this recipe. Honeydew, Cantaloupe, Crenshaw, Casaba are all very nice. Very simple. The melon drinks up the port and makes a cooling summer-time dessert for adults. Be careful not to let it sit too long or the alcohol with absorb into the rind. Can be doubled or tripled easily. Cooking time is time to stand.

Provided by Cynna

Categories     Dessert

Time 40m

Yield 2 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 2

1 (4 lb) melon, ripe
1/2 cup ruby 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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 403.1, Fat 1.7, SaturatedFat 0.5, Sodium 150.6, Carbohydrate 82.2, Fiber 8.2, Sugar 76, Protein 7.8

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