Name: Smoked venison with melon salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: ½ a honeydew melon deseeded; 100g pack smoked venison (or use smoked duck or prosciutto); bunch watercress; ½ a cucumber peeled into ribbons, seeds discarded; 1 tsp clear honey; 1 heaped tsp wholegrain mustard; 2 tbsp olive oil plus extra for drizzling; 2 tsp white wine vinegar

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Smoked venison with melon salad

Smoked venison with melon salad

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

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An easy and impressive summer starter for two. The succulence of melon is a great contrast to the richness of cured meats

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Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

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½ a honeydew melon

deseeded
100g pack smoked venison

(or use smoked duck or prosciutto)
bunch watercress
½ a cucumber

peeled into ribbons, seeds discarded

For the honey & mustard dressing

1 tsp clear honey
1 heaped tsp wholegrain mustard
2 tbsp olive oil

plus extra for drizzling
2 tsp white wine vinegar

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal301
fat22g
saturates4g
carbs12g
sugars11g
fibre2g
protein16g
salt1.35g

low

Method

step 1

Whisk together the dressing ingredients with a tiny pinch of salt, then set aside. Using a large melon baller or similar shaped implement (we used a measuring spoon), scoop balls out of the melon into a bowl. Cut any large slices of venison in half and arrange on 2 plates overlapping in a ‘petal’ fashion, then place 5-6 melon balls around the venison.
step 2

Toss the watercress and cucumber together in a bowl, then lightly sit a mound in the centre of each plate. Drizzle everything with the dressing and a little extra olive oil, then serve straight away.

RECIPE TIPS

A PARTY TWIST

PROSCIUTTO & MELON BITES Wrap 400g bite-size cubes cantaloupe melon in basil leaves and thin strips torn from 100g prosciutto. Secure with cocktail sticks and serve with drinks.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2009

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