Preparation info
  • Makes about

    150 g

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By David Chang and Peter Meehan

Published 2009

  • About

One summer we were making a watermelon consommé for oysters and somebody put the gelatine-and-juice concoction in the refrigerator, not the freezer. Hence, that night we had jellied watermelon juice, or watermelon gelée if you will, to put on our oysters. Luckily, it tasted good and looked cool on top of the oysters. Melon gelées are now a regular part of the Ssäm Bar oyster arsenal. To make melon juice, purée the flesh of a melon in a food processor or blender and strain it through a fine