Melon Caprese Salad

Ingredients

Salad
  • ½ rockmelon, peeled and sliced
  • ½ honeydew melon, peeled & sliced
  • 125g torn fresh mozzarella
  • 100g prosciutto
  • 4 tablespoon green dressing
  • small handful fresh basil leaves
  • salt & pepper
Green dressing
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
  • large handful of parsley, including stems
  • large handful of coriander, including roots
  • large handful of spinach
  • 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 1 cup rice bran oil
  • salt & pepper

Method

Green dressing
  1. Add garlic, mustard, lemon juice, sugar and chilli flakes to the bowl of your food processor.

  2. Pulse to break down the garlic. Add herbs and spinach, then blitz to a paste.

  3. With the food processor still running, add the vinegar and then drizzle in the oil.

  4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Salad
  1. Arrange melon slices on individual plates, or across a big platter if you are serving communally.

  2. Dot with pieces of mozzarella. Take lengths of prosciutto and scrunch them up into messy rolls, and place around the plate.

  3. Spoon over the green dressing and season generously with salt and pepper. Finish with a sprinkling of basil leaves.

Notes

Salad: Makes 4 serves / Takes 10 minutes / gluten-free

Green dressing: Makes 3 cups / Takes 10 minutes / Dairy-free / Gluten-free | Vegan

Original recipe on RNZ