Spanspek And Watermelon Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water or 1 1/2 cups fruit juice
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 4 spanspek (or your favorite)
• 1/4 watermelon
• salt
• pepper
• 2 tablespoons muscatel or 2 tablespoons port wine
• mint, for serving

Recipe

• 1 in a small saucepan, place the sugar, water, lemon juice, vinegar, and ginger.
• 2 heat to a boiling, stirring well.
• 3 continue boiling for about 5 minutes, then strain syrup through a fine sieve or cheesecloth into a bowl.
• 4 cool.
• 5 meanwhile, de-seed the cantaloupes and watermelon.
• 6 using a melon baller, collect balls and place in a large bowl.
• 7 sprinkle with salt and pepper, then sprinkle on the muscatel.
• 8 toss gently.
• 9 pour syrup over melon balls and refrigerate for several hours before serving.
• 10 to serve, decorate with mint sprig.