Melon Salad with Shrimp
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
20 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
4
- For the melon and shrimp
- Charentais melon (small)
- honeydew melon (small)
- 400 grams more shrimp (ready to cook)
- salt
- peppers (freshly ground)
- 2 Tbsps vegetable oil
- 1 scallion
- 1 Red chili pepper
- For the salad dressing
- 4 Tbsps Lime juice
- salt
- peppers (freshly ground)
- 5 Tbsps olive oil
- 2 tsps Lime zest (cut into thin strips)
Preparation steps
1.
Halve melons, remove seeds, cut into slices, and remove rind. Cut melon into slices or bite-sized pieces. Rinse, trim and cut scallion crosswise into thin rings. Rinse and halve chile, remove seeds and ribs and cut into thin strips.
2.
To make dressing: Season lime juice with salt and pepper. Whisk in olive oil and stir in scallion and chile.
3.
In a large skillet, cook shrimp in hot oil, 1-2 minutes per side. Season with salt and pepper.
4.
To serve, place melons on plates, top with shrimp and drizzle with dressing. Serve garnished with lime zest.
