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Chilled Watermelon

A chilled watermelon served on ice, sliced into triangular sections and garnished with grape or apple leaves.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Chilled Watermelon

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Place the watermelon on ice until very cold.

  2. Wipe the watermelon dry.

  3. Cut the watermelon crosswise at the center.

Cut and serve

  1. Cut out triangular sections.

  2. Separate the sections with a knife.

  3. Serve with the rind attached on a large round platter decorated with fresh grape or apple leaves.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Watermelon
Provides the juicy, sweet flesh that is the main part of the dish.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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