2000s Recipes + Menus

Honeydew Melon in Coconut Milk

Serves8
  • Active time:25 min
  • Start to finish:35 min
August 2002
  • 1 (13- to 14-oz) can well-stirred unsweetened coconut milk
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lime juice, or to taste
  • 1 large honeydew melon (5 lb), chilled

  • Garnish:

    julienned lime zest

  • Special equipment:

    a melon-ball cutter
  • Stir together coconut milk, sugar, and lime juice in a small metal bowl until sugar is dissolved, then quick-chill in a metal bowl set in a larger bowl of ice and cold water, stirring occasionally, about 6 minutes.
  • Halve melon and discard seeds. Scoop melon into balls with cutter.
  • Divide melon among 8 serving dishes, then pour coconut milk over top. Serve immediately.

Photograph by Romulo Yanes

Keywords
dessert,
fruit,
summer,
melon,
coconut

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