Watermelon Salad with Crumbled Feta and Balsamic Glaze

If you walk down any high street in North London at this time of year you are guaranteed to see one thing – large crates stacked high with watermelons, big, swollen and juicy.  I don’t know why but whenever we buy one I always get the urge to root through the whole crate looking for the largest!  Bigger is better right?!   Even though there are only two of us I really have to fight the desire to cause a nuisance of myself so that I can find the biggest and best.  There’s just nothing like a fresh watermelon.

I’ll admit I hadn’t really done anything that exciting with watermelon until the first time I tried a watermelon salad.  There’s a lot to be said for just eating a cold, juicy wedge on a hot summers day but I wanted to do something a little more exciting – after all if you’ve ended up buying the biggest watermelon you could possibly find then you’re going to want to use it in more than one way…

Fruit in salads is not a new idea.  In fact I’ve already shared a few myself on this blog, including this warm fig and honey salad with mozzarella, cured ham. Sweet and salty works well so I chose to top the fresh, clean taste of watermelon with salty feta and sweet and sticky balsamic glaze. This salad isn’t just about the balance of flavours though, it’s also about the textures.  The watermelon has it’s characteristic bite which contrasts with the soft, crumbly feta and the sticky glaze.

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Watermelon Salad with Crumbled Feta and Balsamic Glaze

This Watermelon Salad with Crumbled Feta and Balsamic Glaze is perfect as a starter or light lunch

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Prep Time 10 mins

Total Time 10 mins

Course Appetizer, lunch

Cuisine American

Servings 1 person

Calories 979.2 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 200 g rocket
• 6 slices watermelon
• 100 g feta
• 4 pickled shallots sliced
• 3 tbsp balsamic glaze
• 2 tbsp cress

Instructions

 

• Toss the rocket with the spring onions, slice, a little of the pickling vinegar and half of the feta. Place onto the centre of your plate.
• Stack the watermelon slices on the rocket before crumbling the feta on top.
• Drizzle with the balsamic glaze and finish with a sprinkling of cress.

Nutrition

Calories: 979.2kcalCarbohydrates: 179.28gProtein: 33.02gFat: 25.3gSaturated Fat: 15.42gCholesterol: 89mgSodium: 1211.29mgPotassium: 3153.51mgFiber: 13.41gSugar: 131.51gVitamin A: 15879.75IUVitamin C: 189.72mgCalcium: 1005.61mgIron: 8.95mg

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I’ll be the first to admit that it’s a little difficult to call this a recipe…  Really this Watermelon Salad is just an assembly job, a very tasty and rather pretty assembly job…  But what more do you want?!  I get so lazy when it comes to cooking in the summer so this recipe is ideal for me. And I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels that way!

If you’ve got any fun ways of using watermelon beyond just sinking your teeth straight into a big ol’ wedge of the stuff or building a pretty summer salad,  I’d love to hear in the comments below!