Winter Melon Soup

Name: Winter Melon Soup
Yield: Serves 4–5
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: Winter melon 500 g (1 lb 1½ oz), skinned, deseeded and cut into 3-cm (1-in) cubes; Ground white pepper to taste; Salt to taste; Ginger 1 thin slice; Chinese ham 75 g (2⅔ oz), cut into slivers; Water 2.5 litres (80 fl oz / 10 cups); Chicken carcass bones 500 g (1 lb 1½ oz); Pork ribs 300 g (11 oz)

Preparation info

Serves
4–5

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chinese Heritage Cooking

By Christopher Tan and Amy Van

Published 2018

About

Aromatics like garlic and spring onion (scallion) are not used in this soup, to allow the gentle, mellow flavours of the stock and melon to shine through. If you are unable to obtain Chinese dry-cured ham, which can be tricky to find sometimes, Spanish serrano ham or Italian parma ham make acceptable substitutes.

Ingredients

Pork ribs 300 g (11 oz)
Chicken carcass bones 500 g

Asia
China
Guangdong
Cantonese
Winter
Gluten-free
Soup

Method

Blanch pork ribs and chicken bones in boiling water for 30 seconds, then drain well.
Combine ribs, bones, ham and 2.5 litres (80 fl oz /