Watermelon, tomme, and mint salad

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Happy Bastille Day from France!

I love holiday weekends, no matter how busy they tend to get.

For a family get-together and barbecue on the roof, I made this refreshing watermelon salad full of sweet and savory flavors. The honey-thyme dressing ties everything together in this light and summery dish, with a subtle Provençal nod.

Tips: If you can’t find tomme chèvre cheese (a salted hard goat cheese variety), use a mild ricotta salata instead.

Bon appetit!

Watermelon, tomme, and mint salad

You’ll need:

-1/2 of a medium-sized seedless watermelon
– about 70 g of hard tomme chèvre cheese (this will yield approximately half a cup when cut)
– 1 cup mint, picked
– 2 sprigs lemon thyme
– 2 t lavender honey
– pinch of salt

1. Cut the watermelon into cubes. Shave the cheese fairly thinly.

2. In a regular-sized coffee cup, combine 2 teaspoons of honey with thyme sprigs and a cup full of hot water. Leave to infuse for about 30 minutes, until cool.

3. Roll the mint leaves together and cut into a chiffonade. Combine watermelon, cheese, and mint and toss lightly.

4. Dress the salad with the honey-thyme infusion. Add a pinch of salt, and refrigerate until ready to serve.

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  1. A beautiful homage to summer yet again and a marvellous way to enjoy the celebrations for Bastille day! Hope it’s a very enjoyable trip, I’m still in love with those balmy pics on the Cote deAzur 🙂

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  4. My daughter in law made me a watermelon, feta and olive salad the other day , it was fantastic, this recipe looks grand too. .. I need some watermelon!! c

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