Chilled Minty Coconut Melon Soup
- 1 large honeydew melon
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers melon liqueur
- 1 bunch fresh mint
- Cut the honeydew melon in half and remove the seeds.
- Press the seed pith through a fine mesh sieve over a bowl, and reserve the resulting liquid.
- Discard the seeds.
- Cut the melon into sections, and remove the rind.
- Place the melon and reserved melon liquid into a tall pot.
- Puree with a stick blender.
- Alternately, you can puree the ingredients in a blender.
- Add the coconut milk, then continue blending until smooth.
- Stir in the melon liqueur.
- Remove the small tips on each sprig of mint, and reserve for garnish.
- Stack the remaining mint, then begin rolling the mint into a ball, securing with kitchen string.
- Drop the rolled mint into the pot with the melon soup.
- Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
- Remove mint before dividing the soup into chilled cups.
- Garnish with the reserved mint tips.
honeydew melon, coconut milk, jiggers, mint
Taken from allrecipes.com/recipe/chilled-minty-coconut-melon-soup/ (may not work)