Cantaloupe & Aged Gouda Salad

Cantaloupe & Aged Gouda Salad

Servings: 2-3


Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons champagne vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • ½ of a very ripe cantaloupe
  • Sea salt
  • ¼-1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
  • ½ cup toasted sunflower seeds
  • 2 ounces Point Reyes Gouda
  • 2 tablespoons fresh basil leaves, cut into thin strips
  • 2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, cut into thin strips

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, honey, mustard and a pinch of salt.  Slowly whisk in the olive oil. 
  2. Scoop out the seeds of half a cantaloupe.  Cut in quarters, then carefully remove the rind.  Cut into thin slices.  Arrange cantaloupe on a serving platter, overlapping slightly. 
  3. Drizzle vinaigrette over melon slices.  Sprinkle with sea salt, red pepper flakes, sunflower seeds and herbs.  Grate Gouda over the top using a microplane or fine grater.
  4. Serve immediately. 

Used in this recipe

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Gouda
$55.00