Recipe

Chilled ginger and lime honeydew

Feel like a refreshing fruit treat on a hot summer day? Chilled and tasty, this ginger and lime honeydew is the perfect way to cool down

Aug 29, 2014 2:00pm
  • 15 mins preparation
  • 5 mins cooking
  • Serves 4
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Ingredients

Chilled ginger and lime honeydew
  • 1 lime rind, pith removed, cut into very thin strips
  • 1/3 cup (80ml) lime juice
  • 1/4 cup (55g) sugar
  • 1 tablespoon grated ginger
  • 1 honeydew melon, seeded, flesh scooped into balls with a melon baller

Method

Chilled ginger and lime honeydew
  • 1
    In a small heavy-based saucepan, combine lime rind and juice, sugar, ginger and 1/3 cup water. Heat on low, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil and cook for 5 minutes. Pour syrup through a fine sieve into a bowl and set aside to cool.
  • 2
    Add melon balls to syrup and toss to coat. Refrigerate, covered, for 2 hours. Dip wet rims of glasses in a little sugar and fill with fruit. Serve.

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