Pan-fried melon with cottage cheese, puffed quinoa, mustard greens and mustard-matcha vinaigrette
Serves 4 persons
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp quinoa, or store-bought puffed quinoa
- 40 g red and green mustard greens
- 200 g cottage cheese
- 1 tsp matcha powder
- Apple cider vinegar
- Freshly ground black pepper and sea salt
- 1 Cavaillon melon
- Olive oil
- Puffed quinoa
Rinse the quinoa thoroughly and drain well. Heat a few drops of olive oil in a pan, add the quinoa and cover with a lid. Puff the quinoa, shaking the pan regularly.
Vinaigrette
Blend a piece of melon with 2 tbsp cottage cheese, 1 tsp matcha powder, a few drops of apple cider vinegar, 1 tbsp olive oil, freshly ground black pepper and sea salt.
Pan-fried melon
Cut the melon into large pieces and fry in olive oil.
To serve
Arrange the pan-fried melon on a serving dish and finish with the cottage cheese, vinaigrette, puffed quinoa and mustard greens.
TIP!
There are many different varieties of melon, and they are found in abundance throughout Southern Europe. Unfortunately, we rarely use them in truly creative ways. This recipe aims to change that!
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