hello to everyone, look what I have here: a nice melon.
today we're going to do something very simple but perhaps in a way a
little more artistic, so to speak. you will need a nice melon,
then a Parma ham (or San Daniele), mint to make a
cute decoration and if we want a drop of olive oil, but only if we want.
in that case I will add it, and after show you how. Okay
we begin to cut our melon in the classic way,
so starting from the middle, here is how it is
beautiful, with all the seeds, we go to clean it in a
bowl, gently, without removing too much pulp
just like so. same with the other half. then
cut in half, again in half, all in half, the usual way
that we always use, we put this aside, we do the
same with this other half. We have all our pieces sliced
now the classic way would be to cut the slices by removing the
peel, put them on the plate with Parma ham on top, but I want to make it in
a different way. of course the peel must be removed
avoiding as much waste as possible, in this way, slowly without cutting your
hands. I am using this knife that is for cutting the ham
however, it's also great for doing this work.
naturally as we get closer to summer, we all know this is a
very summery dish that everyone eats. we have to make
kind of slices, a carpaccio of melon, you need a sharp knife
this is ideal, let's stretch out the slice and we try to make
thinner slices but not too thin.
the secret is that if you do it the day before or a few hours before,
cover it with a wet paper towel because it will hold in
the moisture of the melon. ok now serving dish.
I have this plate, let's take the melon and put it here.
we take all those slices and kind of
spread them out, in this way.
let's take our Parma ham,
look what I do: let's put it in this way,
let's cover up the empty spaces, then I use
this mint, let's say it's just to give a little
colour, then a drop of oil only on the melon,
in this way, some extra virgin olive oil.
you're already eating it with your eyes, and that's very important.
I'm going to try it, or rather I'll just eat this melon, it's very sweet, spectacular.
I'm not going to spoil the dish. Enjoy your meal, have a good summer everyone, this is my
version of the melon with prosciutto. Enjoy your meal and see you next time!