Cantaloupe: 4 Tips for the Mysterious Melon

Cantaloupe is the great and mysterious melon, offering flavor, difficulty, joy, and frustration. Most of us either love it or hate it. If you’re like me, you grew up with your parents slicing the melon into small quarters, salt and pepper, and consume. Some people eat it in a salad, and others core it out with a spoon. If you’re the kind of person who doesn’t enjoy the mysterious fruit, there are a few tips here that can make it more fun.

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Cantaloupe Granita

Blend cantaloupe with ice in your blender. You will get a lovely slush with a light flavor. You can mix this with any sweet, white wine you choose. Some people even put black pepper over this to make it a little bit more invigorating. This is the perfect drink to use when you join the local CSA and get cantaloupes you would otherwise not use.

Melon and Strawberry Salad

A cantaloupe and strawberry salad is an amazing combination of spinach leaves, cubed cantaloupe, halved strawberries, and a light vinaigrette. This is a nice summer salad that you can use to learn to love cantaloupe. (A similar fall salad includes beets.)

Cantaloupe Shell Cocktail

When you halve a cantaloupe and core out all the meat, you can blend that into a smooth cocktail with any spirits you like (rum and simple syrup is a good choice.) Pour that back into the shell and serve with a straw and a little umbrella. If you want an added kick of flavor, go for coconut or banana rum to give it that tropical feel you love.

Pork and Grilled Melon

When you are grilling, throw down some pork chops. Next, you can halve the cantaloupe, remove the seeds, and turn it over on the grill. The natural sugars in the fruit will caramelize, and you get a new flavor that you cannot get unless you are standing at the grill preparing this dish.

With just a few of these beautiful dishes, you can turn the mysterious melon into your favorite, enjoy your summer, and cook to perfection in any situation.