• Sublime with cheese, this preserve lasts for a few months if refrigerated in wellcapped containers.

    Watermelon preserve

    Serves: 6
    Cooking Time: 20 mins

    Ingredients

    • 500g white pithy watermelon flesh, outer tough peel removed
    • 30g slaked lime (available from most pharmacists)
    • 1,5 litres water
    • SYRUP
    • 250ml water
    • 760g sugar
    • chunk of fresh ginger, peeled
    • 4 cinnamon sticks
    • pinch of salt

    Instructions

    1

    To prepare the watermelon, slice the pith into 3cm pieces. Prick well with a fork.

    2

    Place the pieces in a non-metal bowl and cover with a solution of water mixed with the lime. Leave for two days. Drain and rinse well.

    3

    To make the syrup, boil the sugar, water, ginger, cinnamon and salt.

    4

    Add the drained watermelon pieces. Reduce the syrup to a simmer and let the pieces idle along in the syrup for about three hours. The pieces should be tender but firm and slightly transparent.

    5

    Remove from the heat and cool the syrup. Refrigerate and serve with a selection of cheese and biscuits.

     

     

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