Recipe

Cantaloupe Curls With Spiced Wine Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Princesa9580 / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago I live in wine country and tried this. My neighbors loved it!! Prep:20m Cook:10m Servings:4	Princesa958
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Ingredients

1 cup dry red wine

2 tablespoons sugar

1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf

1 teaspoon mustard seeds

1 teaspoon pink peppercorns (optional), crushed

2 ripe cantaloupes, chilled

Directions

Simmer all ingredients except cantaloupes in a 1-quart heavy saucepan until reduced to about 1/4 cup, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat and cool in saucepan set in a bowl of ice and cold water. Discard bay leaf.

Halve each cantaloupe and discard seeds. Scoop out curls from melon halves with an ice cream scoop (not one with a lever), then divide curls among 4 bowls along with any juices. Just before serving, drizzle each serving with about 1 tablespoon cooled spiced wine.

Cooks' note:

Spiced wine can be made 1 week ahead and chilled in an airtight container.

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