• This dish is simple to prepare, light on the stomach, and a favourite starter at the lodge.

    Marinated melon with parma ham, roasted macadamias and fresh mint

    Serves: 6
    Cooking Time: 25 mins

    Ingredients

    • MARINATED MELON
    • 100ml olive oil
    • 50ml white wine vinegar
    • 5ml Dijon mustard
    • 50ml fresh mint, finely chopped
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
    • ½ green melon, finely sliced
    • ½ orange melon, finely sliced
    • PARMA HAM
    • 300g Parma ham, sliced
    • 100g mixed salad leaves
    • 50g macadamia nuts, roasted and crushed
    • 100ml balsamic vinegar, reduced to a thick syrup of 20ml
    • fresh mint, to garnish

    Instructions

    1

    Mix the oil, vinegar, mustard, mint, salt and pepper together.

    2

    Pour the dressing over the melon slices and marinate for 10 minutes.

    3

    Overlap 3 slices of Parma ham onto each other.

    4

    Place the salad leaves in the middle of the Parma ham strip and roll the ham around the salad to form a “cigar”.

    5

    To assemble, arrange the melon slices on a plate and place the Parma roll on top. Sprinkle macadamias around the Parma ham roll and drizzle some balsamic reduction over the salad leaves. Garnish with mint and serve immediately.

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