Melon and Goat Cheese Salad with Agrodolce Dressing

Name: Melon and Goat Cheese Salad with Agrodolce Dressing
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 ripe 2- to 2 ½-pound Crane melon, muskmelon, or cantaloupe; ½ cup toasted walnut halves; 8 ounces fresh goat cheese, crumbled; 1 cup fresh blueberries; Agrodolce Dressing; 4 cups lightly packed arugula; Freshly ground black pepper to taste

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking One on One

By John Ash

Published 2004

About

This is a very easy summer salad. Agrodolce is a nice counterpoint to the sweet fruit and tart goat cheese, and the spicy greens and tannic walnuts round it out. For different flavor counterpoints, try grilled fresh figs or pears wrapped in prosciutto for the melon.

Ingredients

1 ripe 2- to 2 ½-pound Crane melon, muskmelon, or cantaloupe
4 cups lightly packed

Garnish
Condiment
Summer
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Cut the Melon in half, remove the seeds, and cut off the rind. Cut the flesh into attractive shapes (don’t go crazy—I just mean small slices or something that works on a salad plate). Arrange the greens on plates with the melon and berries. Drizzle a tablespoon or two of the agrodolce on each servin