Pickled Watermelon Rind

Preparation info
  • Fills a

    1 Litre

    Container
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By David Chang and Peter Meehan

Published 2009

  • About

These are a little different from the other vinegar pickles, as the watermelon rinds take to a sweeter pickling medium and require some cooking to tenderize them. Pickled watermelon rinds are good on their own or as part of a pickle plate. The best dish we ever made with them was a take on frisée aux lardons: frisée, pickled watermelon rinds, Benton’s bacon lardons (see here), a poached egg and a vinaigrette that incorporated some of