Especially during the summer months, we see so many of them every day, everywhere, at home and in restaurants. The cumbersome watermelon rinds that regularly end up in the trash, even though they could be reused in so many simple, useful, and fun ways. Watermelon, in fact, is one of the most popular summer fruits. Fresh, thirst-quenching, and low in calories, it's perfect for refreshing any time of day. But what to do with watermelon rinds? We can put them in the composter Or recycle them creatively in the kitchen. Here are some super-simple recipes with watermelon rinds, perfect for accompanying cheeses and vegetables or as a filling for a cake.
Watermelon peel jam
- Preparation time: 10 minutes
- Cooking time: around 2 hours
- difficulty: low
To make this delicious dish jam we need a few very simple ingredients:
Ingredients
- 1 kg of watermelon rinds
- 400 grams of sugar
Preparation
- Using a very fine-tipped knife, separate the green part of the watermelon from the white part.
- We put the white pulp in a pan together with the sugar and cook for about 2 hours.
- We place them in previously sterilized glass jars.
Watermelon rind compote
- Preparation time: 10 minutes
- Cooking time: 1 hours
- difficulty: low
While jam is perfect for sweet recipes, compote is ideal eaten by the spoonful or served with vegetables and cheeses. Let's see how:
Ingredients
- 1 kg of watermelon rinds
- 1 ripe apple
- 200 grams of sugar
- ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- The juice of half a lemon
- The zest of half a lemon
Preparation
- Remove the green part of the peel and cut the white part into small pieces
- Wash the apple, remove the peel and cut it into thin slices.
- Grate the lemon zest
- Combine all ingredients in a large pot and cook for about 1 hour
- Once the necessary time has passed, fill the jars and store them
Candied watermelon peel
- Preparation time: 60 minutes
- Cooking time: 95 minutes
- difficulty: media
A very simple recipe with a unique flavor for preserving watermelon rinds and using them to decorate cakes and sorbets.
Ingredients
- 500g of watermelon rinds
- 500 grams of sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 100 ml of water
- 100 g of coarse salt
Preparation
- Remove the green peel from the watermelon using a thin knife.
- Soak large pieces of white watermelon pulp in a container of water and salt for 24 hours, changing the water every 6-8 hours.
- Cut the watermelon rinds into strips and dry them thoroughly.
- At that point, put 100 ml of water and the sugar to dissolve in a saucepan, pour in the strips of watermelon rind until they caramelize.
- Let them dry completely and then place them to cool on baking paper soaked in water so that they don't stick.
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