Cantaloupe Curls with Spiced Wine |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 30 min Ingredients:
1 cup dry red wine |
2 tablespoons sugar |
1 turkish or 1/2 california bay leaf |
1 teaspoon mustard seeds |
1 teaspoon pink peppercorns (optional), crushed |
2 ripe cantaloupes, chilled |
Directions:
1. Simmer all ingredients except cantaloupes in a 1-quart heavy saucepan until reduced to about 1/4 cup, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat and cool in saucepan set in a bowl of ice and cold water. Discard bay leaf.
2. Halve each cantaloupe and discard seeds. Scoop out curls from melon halves with an ice cream scoop (not one with a lever), then divide curls among 4 bowls along with any juices. Just before serving, drizzle each serving with about 1 tablespoon cooled spiced wine.
3. Cooks' note: Spiced wine can be made 1 week ahead and chilled in an airtight container.
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