Cantaloupe Curls with Spiced Wine Recipe

Cantaloupe Curls with Spiced Wine Recipe

  • 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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