Watermelon with Summer Fruit Salad


Servings: 4
Prep time: 35
INGREDIENTS
  • - 1 watermelon
  • - 12 mint leaves
  • - 3 peaches
  • - 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
  • - 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • - 6 apricots
  • - 6 plums
  • - 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • - 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
  • - 50 g of roasted hazelnuts
  • - 100 g of raspberries
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. First, wash and dry the watermelon externally. Select it with a sharp and sturdy knife. if you want to use the watermelon as a container, dug the pulp with a spoon and turn the cap on a plane
  2. Cut the watermelon into small pieces elimiando carefully all the seeds, place it in a bowl and season with mint leaves washed, dried and chopped finely. Keep it in the refrigerator, covered with plastic wrap
  3. Wash the peaches, dry, peel and cut into cubes, arranging them in another bowl. Season with freshly grated ginger root and a tablespoon of sugar. Cover and put in refrigerator
  4. Clean and cut the same way the plums, wash the outside of the lemon and flavor the plums with its zest. Place them in a covered bowl in the same way of the other fruits and keep them fresh
  5. Finally, wash and dice the apricots, place them in a fourth bowl and aromatizzarle with the vanilla. Put also this fruit in the refigerator waiting to serve. It shouldn’t however be prepared too far in advance
  6. Coarsely chop half of the hazelnuts, carefully wash and dry gently the raspberries. Thery will be used for the final decorations, together, if you wish, with mint leaves and small strands of lemon zest
  7. Fill a large glass bowl or the watermelon cap with the four fruits doing so that each occupies a quarter of the space. Decorate and garnish with hazelnuts and raspberries