Green Melon Salad

8 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 cups loosely packed baby arugula or rocket or chopped large arugula leaves
  • 1 small, ripe honeydew melon
  • 1/2 cup chopped mint leaves
  • 2 limes, juiced
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Honey or agave syrup, for drizzling
  • Extra-virgin olive oil, for liberal drizzling
  • Optional ingredient: 1/4 pound thinly sliced speck or prosciutto

Directions

  1. 1
    Arrange the greens on a platter.
  2. 2
    Cut the ends off the melon and stand upright.
  3. 3
    Trim away rind, in strips, from top to bottom as you rotate the melon.
  4. 4
    Halve and seed the melon and slice it into 1-inch wedges, then cut into bite-size pieces and arrange them over the bed of spicy greens.
  5. 5
    Sprinkle with mint and lime juice and season with lots of pepper, to taste.
  6. 6
    Drizzle very lightly with a hint of honey or agave syrup and dress with a liberal drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.
  7. 7
    If you would like to add speck or prosciutto, tear it into large pieces and pile it in the center of the salad in a casual mound.
  8. 8
    Serve as a first or last course.

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