Preparing Melons

Small melons make decorative containers for fruit salads and other desserts, as well as for savoury fruit and poultry or fish combinations. You can cut a slanted vandyked or zigzag edge as shown here, or a straight or scalloped edge.

Mark a slanted zigzag line in the skin of each melon, just above the “equator” line, using the tip of a knife. Cut on the marked lines, inserting the knife through to the centre of the fruit each time.