Like the Melon and Mint Salad, this is good as an accompaniment or as a starter. Just serve it chilled in small coupé bowls, or stemmed glasses. Loosely knot some of the cucumber skin and garnish each serving with a knot.
This salad is a delicious accompaniment to cold meat such as baked ham, or to braaied meat, especially lamb, but it also makes a wonderfully refreshing starter: scrape out all the remaining flesh from the green-flesh melon, then cut each shell into 3 wedges. Trim the skin slightly so that the wedges will sit flat, then chill until required. Scoop a portion of t …
This is also excellent as part of a breakfast buffet.
This makes a good starter, or a light lunch served with starch and salad.
