Melon Och Hallendessert Swedish Recipes

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, mix the sugar and water.
• Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add the grated lime peel and cool the mixture.
• Add the rum and lime juice.
• Pour syrup over the melon balls.
• Chill covered, for 3 to 5 hours.

Steps:

• Cut melon in half and scoop out seeds.
• Scoop out melon with melon baller, or you can cut into small bite-sized cubes.
• Place in a serving bowl.
• At this point you have a choice. You can marinate the melon in a little rum for an hour or more, or you can just continue.
• If you marinated them, pour off any extra rum.
• Now, place raspberries in sieve over small bowl, and force berries thru sieve to remove seeds. (You can do this with the back of a spoon or just use your fingers.).
• Add sugar and lemon juice to seived raspberry puree.
• Pour raspberry puree over melon and chill for several hours.
• Serve from bowl, or serve in individual dessert dishes.
• You can even serve this with a little ice cream or whipped cream. But it's just fine on it's own.

Steps:

• Slice cantaloupe and honeydew melon into 16 wedges each.
• Peel.
• In small bowl combine mustard and raspberry vinegar.
• With wire whisk, gradually stir in oil; whisk until smooth.
• Continue whisking, gradually adding powdered sugar.
• Add 1/3 cup raspberries; with fork, crush raspberries.
• Stir in 1 tablespoon tarragon leaves; set aside.
• Arrange cantaloupe and honeydew wedges on serving platter or individual salad plates.
• Sprinkle with 1/2 cup raspberries.
• Drizzle vinaigrette over fruit; garnish with tarragon sprigs.

Steps:

• Mix eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla.
• Add pureed cantaloupe to mixture.
• Sift dry ingredients; add to liquid.
• Pour into 2 greased and floured 9x5 loaf pans (or spray them with Baker's Joy).
• Bake 325°F for 1 hour or until done.
• Check after 50 minutes.
• I have also made this into muffins.
• Bake for about 25-30 minutes.

Steps:

• In small saucepan, combine juice, water, ginger and zest. Set pan over medium-high heat and bring to boil. Boil 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture reduces to 2 tablespoons.
• Strain mixture though fine sieve to remove zest. (I'm not sure this step is really needed).
• Place melon in bowl, toss with ginger-lime mixture. Let sit for 15 minutes. You can drain the sauce or serve it with the melon.
• Garnish with mint (optional).

Steps:

• Place the melon balls in a large bowl which can be refrigerated.
• Dissolve the sugar in the rum and add the lemon juice.
• Pour the liquid mixture over the melon balls and toss lightly to coat.
• Sprinkle with lemon and lime zest.
• Place in the refrigerator for one hour before serving.
• Toss again slightly before serving.

Steps:

• Combine water, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt in saucepan. Cook 5 minutes, and cool.
• Combine mangoes and cream in blender container. Blend til smooth. (Or, mash mangoes with a fork and add cream stirring to incorporate.).
• Stir in cooled syrup and lemon juice. Divide and freeze mixture in two freezer containers until partially frozen (you can use one container, but it will take longer).
• Meanwhile chill a mixer bowl. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites to the soft peak stage. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar to the egg whites, and continue beating until the peaks are stiff.
• Add contents of freezer containers to the chilled bowl, and break into chunks. Beat with a mixer until smooth. Fold in beaten egg whites. Return to the freezer containers, and freeze until firm.