Grilled melon is super good! Use this recipe as a standalone dish on the buffet table or as an accompaniment to other barbecue foods.
Grilled melon
You need:
Watermelon, honeydew melon or piel de sapo
Olive oil or neutral oil
Maldon salt
Crushed black pepper
Suggestions for topping:
Pumpkin or sunflower seeds, Norwegian cured ham, mozzarella, burrata, cottage cheese, ricotta or grilled halloumi cheese.
Greens: Basil, parsley, arugula/rocket salad, spinach leaves.
How to make grilled melon:
Cut melon into slices, solid melons are cleaned of core.
Brush or rub the discs in with oil.
Grill on a hot grill until the slices have received golden stripes from the grate.
Transfer to a serving plate, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Top with desired topping.
Sweet, but healthy
Although melon is sweet and good, it is actually low in calories and healthy. Melons contain:
As much as 91% water!
Calcium, Vitamin A, Vitamin C.
Dietary fiber.
Harald Nesse
Food and drink manager
Harald is a chef with experience from hotels, restaurants, canteens, cafes and catering. He has gone through the ranks from apprentice to general manager and owner. In SSN, he is a Food and drink manager.
For Harald, food is joy, culture and welfare. Good food means well-being alone or with others.
Harald loves vegetables and is passionate about: good ingredients with as short a journey as possible, sustainable choices, good kitchen finances, people and new ways of doing things!
