Cantaloupe with Tequila Lime Syrup

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Glorious American Food

By Christopher Idone

Published 1985

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Ingredients

  • 4 limes
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ cup tequila

Method

Using a vegetable peeler, remove the zest from the limes in long strips.

Cut the zest into fine, needle-thin julienne. Reserve. Section the limes and remove the pith and membrane. Reserve.

In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar with 1 cup of water and bring to a boil over high heat.

Continue boiling for 5 minutes and remove from the heat.

Fold in the lime zest j