Spicy & Savory Sweet Honeydew Melon

Total Time: 24 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup sugar,
• 1/3 cup basil, stems seperated, leaves torn seperated
• 1 tablespoon red chili, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 4 cups honeydew melon, chopped 1-inch pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, sea
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper (optional)
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 in a small pot boil water and sugar, once boiling, add the basil stems, chili and lemon zest and remove from heat.
• 2 all the syrup to cool to room temperature.
• 3 then you can refrigerate the simple syrup for anywhere 15 minutes or up to 24 hours. the longer it sits the more flavor you will get.
• 4 remove the basil stems from the syrup and discard.
• 5 in a large bowl toss the melon with the chilled syrup.
• 6 add the remaining salt, the pepper if using and the basil leaves, toss gently .
• 7 drizzle with olive oil and serve.