Melon With Lavender Syrup

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
1/2 cup	118ml	-- water
1/4 cup	59ml	Sweet dessert wine*
2 tablespoons	30ml	Orange juice
1/4 cup	59ml	Fresh or dried lavender - - flowers
1 cup	237ml	Ripe melon - cubed (large)
		Garnish
		Fresh mint leaves

Recipe Instructions

* Sauterne, Grenache or sweet Riesling.

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.

Source:
Cooking Light, Jul/Aug 1994, page 125

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