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    <head>
      <title>Prosciutto with Melon, Anise and Black Pepper</title>
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    <yield><qty>6</qty></yield>
    <ingredients>
<ing><amt><qty>1</qty><unit></unit></amt><item>medium sized ripe melon</item></ing>
<ing><amt><qty>1</qty><unit>t</unit></amt><item>anise seeds</item></ing>
<ing><amt><qty>1</qty><unit>t</unit></amt><item>roughly cracked black pepper</item></ing>
<ing><amt><qty>12</qty><unit>sli</unit></amt><item>procsuitto, thinly sliced</item></ing>
    </ingredients>
    <directions>Halve and seed the melon. The super sweet variety will work nicely (with the exception of water melon). Cut each half into 6 equally sized wedges, then carefully carve away the rind from each wedge. Make sure you remove enough of the rind to remove the tough parts. Work carefully to make as elegant a presentation as possible.

Move the wedges to a serving platter and drape 1 prosciutto slice over each wedge. Provide the anise seeds and cracked pepper on the side for each guest to use as they prefer. Or alternatively sprinkle them onto the wedges yourself. </directions>
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