Watermelon Feta Salad : Super easy and super gorgeous
One of my most favourite things to order in restaurants in the summers - this is a dead simple thing to make at home. Get hold of some good feta, a sweet watermelon and some fresh mint leaves. That's it!
Ingredients
- 5 cups watermelon (half) a large
- Handful grapes seedless (optional)
- 200 - 250 grams feta cheese
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp honey (optional)
- handful mint leaves freshly plucked and washed (and dried)
- 1 cucumber (halve lengthwise, remove seeds and cut into half moons)
Instructions
- Take a large platter, scatter the watermelon chunks and grapes.
- Spoon small chunks of feta and scatter them evenly across platter.
- Do the same with the mint leaves and cucumber.
- Drizzle olive oil, balsamic vinegar and honey* around the entire platter.
- This is one salad that SHOULD NOT be tossed or the feta will become a paste and the salad will look all messed up. Let this sit in the fridge for 10-15 minutes and then serve as it is.
Notes
If the watermelon is sweet, you don't need to use honey.
Learn how to deseed a watermelon in less than 5 minutes:
Top 4 tips for a great Watermelon-Feta salad:
Fresh crisp watermelon.
Reasonably good feta and be generous with it.
Fresh mint leaves - this makes ALL the difference.
DO NOT TOSS.