Watermelon and Cantaloupe Wedges with Lime-Mint Syrup

Ingredients

• Watermelon

  Raw

  1 melon or 4.52kg

• Lemon zest

  2 tsp or 4g

• Spearmint

  Fresh

  2 tbsp or 11g

• Sugar

  White, granulated sugar

  ¼ cup or 50g

• Melons

  Cantaloupe, raw

  1 melon, medium or 552g

• Lime juice

  Raw

  ¼ cup or 61g

Directions

1. PREPARATION: Cut watermelon and cantaloupe into 24 thin wedges. Finely chop mint.
2. In small bowl, whisk together sugar and 1/4 cup hot water until sugar is dissolved. Stir in lime juice and zest. Cover and refrigerate until cool, about 1 1/2 hours. (Syrup can be made ahead and chilled, covered, up to 3 days.)
3. In 1 very large or 2 medium plastic containers, combine melon wedges. Refrigerate until cold, about 1 1/2 hours. (Melons can be sliced and chilled up to 12 hours ahead.)
4. As close to serving time as possible, stir mint into syrup and drizzle over melon wedges. Serve chilled.

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