Spicy Watermelon Salad

As a starter, the recipe serves twice as many.

Goes well with baguette.

 Other languages: de · en Servings: 3
Ingredients
1 ½ kg watermelon 500 g Galia melon 1 red chilli 20 g fresh ginger 1 lime ½ red onion 2 tbsp honey 1 tsp sesame oil 5 tbsp olive oil 100 g cashews 3 tbsp icing sugar 1 ½ bunches mint salt
Preparation
1 ½ kg watermelon 500 g Galia melon
Cut off the rind, deseed the flesh and cut into pieces. Refrigerate.
1 red chilli 20 g fresh ginger 1 lime ½ red onion 2 tbsp honey 1 tsp sesame oil 5 tbsp olive oil salt
Halve, deseed and finely dice the chilli. Peel and finely grate or purée the ginger. Juice the lime. Cut the onion into thin strips. Whisk everything together, season with salt and refrigerate.
100 g cashews 3 tbsp icing sugar
Toast the cashews in a dry pan over medium heat until lightly golden. Sprinkle with icing sugar and heat until the sugar caramelises. Transfer to baking paper, leave to cool and roughly chop.
1 ½ bunches mint melon pieces dressing caramelised cashews
Pour off any juice that has collected from the melon pieces. Finely chop the mint. Toss the melon, mint and dressing together. Scatter the cashews on top and serve immediately.