Food

Colour me melon

Recipes Allison Smith and Sasha Zambetti, Styling Sasha Zambetti, Photography Christoph Hoffmann

Watermelon cake

A healthy dessert alternative that will get tongues wagging.

Serves: 8

Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

3 thick slices of watermelon in colours of your choice

400g smooth cottage cheese

75g icing sugar

3ml vanilla essence

350g mixed fresh berries

Method:

1 Peel the watermelon slices until they are all the same size.

2 In a mixing bowl, beat together the cottage cheese, icing sugar and vanilla essence.

3 Layer the watermelon slices on a cake stand, with a layer of cottage cheese in between each.

4 Top with the remaining cottage cheese and pile on the fresh berries.

Mexican watermelon salsa

A divine side order at a braai.

Serves: 6

Time: 5 minutes + marinating

Ingredients:

1 small tin whole kernel corn, drained

1 can black beans (or red kidney beans), rinsed and drained

1 small red onion, finely sliced

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely sliced

1 clove garlic, minced

Handful fresh coriander, roughly chopped

5ml ground cumin

Juice of 1 lime

20ml chilli avocado oil

750g watermelon, peeled and cubed

Method:

1 Place all ingredients except watermelon in a medium bowl. Mix well and refrigerate for an hour.

2 Mix in the watermelon just before serving.

 

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