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Melon and Cucumber Salad with Feta Cheese

Melon and Cucumber Salad with Feta Cheese
By jgreghenry Published July 31, 2010

Description

I love cucumber and melon together. The addition of feta makes it even more memorable.

Prep time: 15 minutes
Yield:1 ()

Ingredients:

  • 1 T vegetable oil
  • 1 red onion, peeled, halved and sliced into 1/4" slivers
  • 1 orange fleshed melon such as persian or cantaloupe
  • 1 seedless cucumber, peeled and sliced into 1/2" thick rounds
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 0.5 c whole mint leaves, loosely packed
  • 4 oz feta cheese
  • 0.5 c pine nuts, toasted
  • 0 limes, cut into wedges
  • 0 freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Summary

Yield
Servings
Source

Inspired by Gourmet Magazine June 1995

Prep time15 minutes
Recipe
Ingredientsvegetable oil red onion melon cucumber lime mint feta pine nuts black pepper

Directions

Heat the oil in a medium saute pan set over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring often until just beginning to soften; about 3 minutes. Remove the pan from heat and allow the onions to cool completely.

With a sharp knife cut a small slice off the top and bottom of the melon. Just deep enough to expose the orange flesh. Cutting from top to bottom remove the rind following the contour of the melon. Halve the melon, remove the seeds and cut into 1" thick wedges. Arrange the wedges on a serving platter.

Toss the cucumber slices with the cooled onion slices, mint leaves and lime juice, pouring the mixture on top of the melon wedges. Crumble the feta over it all. Garnish with pine nuts, lime wedges and a good grind of black pepper.

Notes:

serves 8

Source:

Inspired by Gourmet Magazine June 1995