Fig and melon salade with a goat cheese cream

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Fig and melon salade with a goat cheese cream

This is a tasty salade, because it has the

sweetness of the figs and melon, saltiness from

the grilled proscuitto, nuttiness from the

hazelnut oil drizzle, tart explosion from the

bits of goat cheese, slight crunchiness from the

few lavendar seeds I used in my homemade lavendar

honey, and a few roasted walnuts or hazelnuts.

And of course pepper bite from the hand picked arugula,

(I always taste a leaf to make sure it isn't too bitter)

-Not all arugula is equal.

8 figs, as ripe as they come

4 slices of proscuitto parma

1/2 cantaloupe, sliced and balled(a few shapes)

1 cup of arugula

1/4 cup of goat cheese to add in bits

Hazelnut oil to drizzle

Choice of roasted walnuts or hazelnuts

4 Tables. milk

1/4 cup goat cheese

1 Tables. balsemic vinegar (extra fine, thick)

1/4 cup of lavendar honey, (I soak lavendar flower-

the seed one, in honey for a few days to get powerful

flavor).

Salt and pepper to taste

Cut each fig in half, and wrap each fig with a piece of

parma, and I like to grill on my cast iron pan over

medium heat till I get grill marks, several minutes.

Put 1/4 cup of goat cheese in a bowl and mix with

milk till you get a consistency that allows for pouring,

use a wisk.

Plating: I put one slice of melon on the bottom, with

the fig on top. And a few melon balls. Surround with

the arugula, drizzle, honey, and the goat cheese sauce,

and a few strategic drops of balsemic.

Season with Fleur de sel, and frsh cracked pepper.

Keywords: Easy, Salad

( RG726 )