Watermelon and Fetta Salad

This is an old family recipe. So simple but so delicious. The Caramelised Balsamic Vinegar adds the perfect flavour to enhance the ingredients.

My Nana always stored our home-grown watermelons in our underground cellar. There would be rows of them on shelves in the dark lined up ready for the year ahead. She would tap them to decide which one was the best to cut.

We grew what we ate and preserved everything that we could to last the year. So in winter we would be eating the last of our watermelons as they lasted months in the dark cellar.

We also made our own fetta cheese from the excess milk from our cows. It was also stored in large preserving jars in the cellar with onions, garlic and herbs until it was ready to eat.

Watermelon Fetta Salad

Ingredients:

Half a seedless watermelon

150gms of Fetta Cheese

½ Spanish Onion – Julienned finely

100gms of Baby Spinach

Taste of the Country Caramelised Balsamic Vinegar

Method:

Cut the skin off the watermelon and cut into cubes. Place in a large serving bowl. Add the onions and baby spinach and mix it together. Crumb the fetta cheese over the top. Drizzle with the caramelised balsamic vinegar. Serves 6 people.

Notes:

This salad can be cut up a day ahead and covered. It will keep well in the fridge. Just add the caramelised balsamic vinegar just before serving. Perfect to serve cold on a hot day and a favourite with the children.