Melon is an incredibly fragrant and juicy fruit, which is very popular among sweet tooth.
From it you can cook a lot of delicious and mouth-watering desserts. Melon is not only tasty, but also very healthy.
It is recommended to be introduced into the diet for people suffering from hypertension, diseases of the kidneys, liver and heart. We have selected for you the best recipes for the most delicious melon desserts.
Melon desserts - the basic principles of cooking
Basically, the melon is consumed fresh, but you can also make delicious desserts from it. The most popular are jam, jelly, marmalade and marmalade. For those who follow a diet, enjoy melon fruit salads.
Melon makes very tasty and fragrant baked goods, but mostly desserts are cooked without heat treatment, which allows you to save all the useful properties.
In the summer, cold refreshing desserts are prepared from melon. It can be frosted, ice cream or cocktails.
Desserts can be made from any kind of melon. The main thing is that it should be ripe, juicy and free from damage and signs of rot.
Melon is thoroughly washed under the tap, then wiped with a towel and peeled. The pulp is crushed in the manner specified in the recipe.
Melon desserts will be even more healthy if cooked with other fruits or cottage cheese.
Recipe 1. Sugar-lemon melon dessert
Ingredients
melon - one and a half kilograms;
sugar - 75 g;
lemon.
Cooking method
1. My melon, cut in half and take out the seeds with fibers with a spoon. We cut off the peel with a sharp knife. Cut the pulp into medium-sized cubes.
2. Using the smallest grater, remove the zest from the lemon. Then we cut it and squeeze the juice from the pulp into a saucepan. Pour sugar in lemon juice and cook a fairly thick syrup. Add a couple of spoons of lemon zest to it, mix and cool.
3. Put the chopped melon on a plate and pour over lemon syrup. We stand the dessert for half an hour and serve.
Recipe 2. Frozen Frozen Melon and Strawberry Dessert
Ingredients
300 g of melon pulp;
10 g vanilla sugar;
300 g of strawberries;
75 ml of honey.
Cooking method
1. Peel the washed melon, peel the seeds and cut into small slices. Spread the strawberries in a sieve and rinse under the tap.
2. Put pieces of melon, strawberries, vanilla sugar and honey in a blender's container. We interrupt everything to the state of mashed potatoes.
3. Put the mass in a container and send it to the freezer. Mix melon desserts every hour.
4. Put the dessert in a bowl and decorate with strawberry slices.
Recipe 3. Coconut Melon Dessert
Ingredients
270 g of melon pulp;
50 g coconut flakes;
25 g of sugar;
40 ml of filtered water;
bag of jelly "Mango";
fresh mint for decoration.
Cooking method
1. My melon and peel. Put the pulp in the blender bowl and interrupt until it is puree. Add sugar in mashed potatoes and mix. If it is too thick, you can slightly dilute it with water.
2. Put mashed potatoes on the fire and cook, stirring, a couple of minutes.
3. Remove from heat and pour a bag of jelly in mashed melon. Mix until dry jelly is completely dissolved. We cool the workpiece to 40 C. Beat the fruit puree with a mixer until the foam appears.
4. We line a rectangular container with cling film and pour fruit mousse into it. Sent to the freezer for two hours.
5. Remove the cold dessert from the freezer and remove it from the mold by pulling the edges of the film. Lubricate the knife blade with vegetable oil and cut the dessert into small pieces. Each roll in coconut. Decorate the dish with mint leaves and serve.
Recipe 4. Melon Vanilla Marmalade
Ingredients
a pound of melon;
60 ml of cold boiled water;
freshly squeezed lemon juice;
25 g of gelatin;
a glass of sugar;
vanilla pod.
Cooking method
1. Washing and peeling melon. Cut the pulp into cubes and put it in a bowl.
2. We take out the seeds from the vanilla pod with a knife and distribute them over the melon, the pod is also put in a container with melon. Pour sugar and leave for a couple of hours to stand out juice.
3. Put pieces of melon on fire and bring to a boil over moderate heat. Cook at low boil for five minutes.
4. Puree the melon with a hand blender and set it on fire again. Cook from the moment of boiling for another three minutes. Remove from heat and cover with a towel. Leave for the night.
5. Pour gelatin with cold boiled water, mix and leave to swell.
6. Add freshly squeezed lemon juice to the melon bowl. We put on the stove and cook for five minutes from the moment of boiling.
7. Dissolve gelatin in a water bath. Pour it into hot mashed potatoes, mix and pour in small molds. Cool and place for several hours in the refrigerator.
Recipe 5. Melon Dessert "Breeze at Sea"
Ingredients
four baked milk flavored cookies;
5 g of instant coffee;
100 g of melon;
40 g walnuts;
60 g of black currant;
50 g of sugar;
150 ml of drinking water;
100 g sour cream.
Cooking method
1. Wash the melon, wipe with a napkin, remove seeds with fibers and peel. Finely chop the pulp. Put a layer on the bottom of the bowl.
2. Boil water and make instant coffee. Soak half the cookies in coffee and lay on top of the melon.
3. Remove the currants from the twigs and rinse under the tap. Lay the berries in the next layer over the bowls.
4. Put the remaining cookies on the currant, soaking it in coffee. Cover the cookies with a layer of chopped melon. Sprinkle with finely chopped nuts.
5. Beat sour cream with sugar so that its crystals are completely dissolved. Pour the contents of the bowl with whipped sour cream. Top with nuts and berries of currant.
Recipe 6. Melon Jelly
Ingredients
150 g of melon pulp;
lemon acid;
200 ml of drinking water;
25 g of edible gelatin;
50 g of granulated sugar.
Cooking method
1. Peel the washed melon, but do not discard it. Remove seeds with fiber. Grind the pulp into small cubes.
2. Pour water into the pan, add sugar and place on the stove. Warm, stirring. When the syrup begins to boil, dip the melon slices into it. Put the crust here. Simmer for five to ten minutes, depending on the hardness of the melon.
3. Pour gelatin with drinking water, mix and leave to swell. Then dissolve it in a water bath until the granules dissolve completely.
4. Remove the melon with a slotted spoon. Throw away the crust. Add dissolved gelatin and citric acid to the broth. Shuffle.
5. Arrange the melon in tins, and fill it with a gelatin mixture. Put the melon molds in the fridge and soak them until the jelly has completely set.
Recipe 7. Dessert "Fragrant Melon"
Ingredients
two glasses of finely chopped melon;
vanillin;
75 ml of sugar;
100 ml of condensed milk;
50 ml of lemon juice;
200 ml of 33% cream;
70 ml of drinking water;
50 g of frozen cherries;
egg white;
50 g of dark chocolate;
70 ml of milk;
walnuts.
Cooking method
1. Pour 50 g of sugar into water and keep on fire until it is completely dissolved. Turn the heat to moderate, and cook for another ten minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
2. Cut the flesh of the melon into slices, place them in the blender bowl and beat until smooth. Transfer it to a bowl, add a spoonful of lemon juice and syrup. Mix well. Put in the refrigerator for an hour and a half.
3. Beat the egg white in a stable foam. Add it to the frozen melon puree and beat with a mixer for about a minute. Refrigerate again for an hour.
4. Defrost the cherry and beat in a blender to a puree state. Add a spoonful of sugar to the cherry puree and cook, stirring, on low heat for five minutes.
5. Pour milk into the stewpan. Put the broken chocolate into it. Put on the fire and melt it, continuously mixing. Combine melted chocolate with cherry puree.
6. Remove the sorbet from the melon from the refrigerator, arrange it in portioned molds. Clean for half an hour in the freezer. Then take out and lay out the chocolate mixture. Again send for half an hour to the freezer.
7. Whip the cream into a dense foam. Continue whipping, gradually adding condensed milk and adding lemon juice. Place the ice cream in the freezer for half an hour. After the allotted time, remove, whisk again for a minute and lay on top of the chocolate layer.
8. Remove the mold for five hours in the freezer. To take out the dessert, dip the molds in warm water for a few seconds and turn over onto a dish. Garnish with chopped nuts on top.
Melon desserts - tips and tricks
Before starting dessert, try melon, if it is very sweet, you can reduce the amount of sugar. Conversely, if the melon is unsweetened, add more sugar.
Melon desserts are best prepared in individual creamers. So it will be more convenient to serve them to the table.
Melon marmalade can be rolled in icing sugar or sesame.
Frozen melon dessert will be easier to get out of the mold if you lower it for several seconds in warm water.
