Watermelon Salad
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 5
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 12
- Category: Christmas; easy; Fruit; Picnic; Salads; Summer
Description
A juicy salad full of seasonal melon flavour – a summers day favourite!
Ingredients
100 ml aged balsamic vinegar
2 kg watermelon cut into 2 x 2 cm pieces
100 g pumpkin seeds, toasted
100 g sunflower seeds, toasted
50 g cashew nuts toasted
50 g macadamia nuts, toasted
50 g sunflower shoots washed
400 g fromage blanc
40 ml olive oil
a pinch of sea salt
Instructions
In a large salad bowl with a flat base drizzle the aged balsamic vinegar and scatter the cubed watermelon on top of the drizzle.
Scoop small balls of the fromage blanc and randomly place on top of the watermelon.
Lightly crush the nuts and seeds and combine. Sprinkle the mixture over the salad.
Dress the sunflower shoots with the sea salt and olive oil and scatter over the salad. Best served chilled on a hot summers day.
Foodie Fact: Fromage Blanc is a lightly salted, cows milk cheese which can be used in sweet or savoury dishes. It has a consistency similar to a light cream cheese.
