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🍽️ Melon Salad with Ham

387 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 large honeydew melon (e.g. Galia or honeydew melon)
• 0.5 unwaxed lemon
• 0.5 unwaxed orange
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• coarse salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• sugar
• 1 handful fresh herbs (e.g. mint, parsley, chervil)
• 300 g raw ham (in paper-thin slices, e.g. San Daniele)

Instructions

1. 1. Cut the melon in half.
2. 2. Scoop out the seeds with a spoon.
3. 3. Cut the melon into wedges.
4. 4. Carefully cut the flesh away from the rind.
5. 5. Cut each melon wedge in half once.
6. 6. Arrange the melon pieces on four plates.
7. 7. Rinse the lemon and orange under hot water.
8. 8. Grate the zest thinly from both fruits.
9. 9. Squeeze the juice from both fruits.
10. 10. Whisk the juice together with the lemon and orange zest.
11. 11. Add the oil.
12. 12. Season with a pinch of salt.
13. 13. Season with a pinch of sugar.
14. 14. Taste the dressing and adjust if needed.
15. 15. Rinse the herbs under running water.
16. 16. Shake the herbs dry.
17. 17. Pluck the leaves off the stems.
18. 18. Drape the ham over the melons.
19. 19. Drizzle the salad with the dressing.
20. 20. Sprinkle the herbs over the top.
21. 21. Serve the salad.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 387
• Protein: 21 g · Fett/Fat: 27 g · Carbs: 15 g