Watermelon Feta Salad
A Bear and Bison Inn

Canmore's Best Bed & Breakfast
and Wedding Venue

April 25, 2021

Watermelon Feta Salad

Chef Lonny’s Black Box Challenge # 2

A light, fresh simple salad to bring us into summer. This watermelon feta salad finds the perfect balance between savoury and sweet.

Ingredients

  • Watermelon
  • Feta
  • Mint
  • Sugar
  • Salt and pepper
  • A splash of fruit juice

Instructions 

Start by finely chopping mint, place in bowl, add in a little sugar.

Mint Sizing for Watermelon Feta Salad

Cube watermelon, into sugar cube sized pieces. Add to bowl.

Watermelon Sizing for Watermelon Feta Salad

Add a pinch of finely ground black pepper.

  • (not from a pepper mill, it needs to be fine)

Add a splash of some kind of juice,

  • (orange, apple, cranberry etc).

Gently mix, don’t over mix, add in crumbled feta.

Feta Sizing for Watermelon Feta Salad

Less than you think. It’s important not to add to much. Start with a little, maybe add a little more. The idea is, it’s a sweet fruit dish with a bit of savoury. You can over power the watermelon very easily with any of the ingredients and that not the point, it’s a watermelon and feta salad.

 Easy on the mint, the feta and the black pepper, they all have a role, but it’s a seasoning role, not a flavouring role. Great salad any meal of the day, It would be lovely with baby shrimp mixed in. 

Up for a real challenge? Try a rose version!

Bon appetite!

Chef Lonny 

 

Chef Lonny’s Virtual Black Box Challenge

Watermelon Feta Salad

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watermelon feta salad

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