1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup ; water
1/4 cup sweet dessert wine*
2 tbsp orange juice
1/4 cup fresh or dried lavender - flowers
1 large ripe melon, cubed
GARNISH
1 fresh mint leaves
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Melon With Lavender Syrup
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*Sauterne, Grenache or sweet Reisling.
Bring sugar, water, wine and orange juice to a boil; reduce heat and
simmer for 5 minutes, stirring once or twice to dissolve sugar. Add
lavender flowers. Cover and steep for 1 to 2 hours. Strain out
lavender flowers, pressing on pulp.
To serve, pour syrup over melon; gently toss. Garnish with mint
leaves.
Yield: 4 to 6 servings.
Recipe developed by Renee Shepherd and Fran Raboff. From 1992
"Shepherd's Garden Seeds" catalog. Pg. 26. Posted by Cathy Harned.
Serves: 4
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