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Savory Shaved Cantaloupe Salad

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When shopping for this salad at the market, pick heavy, aromatic cantaloupes with stem ends that yield slightly when pressed.

Ingredients

Serves 4

1/2 medium cantaloupe
Olive oil (for drizzling)
Tarragon leaves and Aleppo-style pepper (for serving)
Flaky sea salt
  1. Step 1

    Remove rind of cantaloupe in a very thin layer with a knife; remove seeds. Cut in half and very thinly slice each piece crosswise on a mandoline or by hand to make ribbons.

    Step 2

    Arrange cantaloupe on a platter and drizzle with oil. Top with tarragon, Aleppo-style pepper, and sea salt.

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  • So easy, and so well-received by all my dinner guests yesterday. A great simple salad and especially for a hot summer night

    • anthony7

    • Montreal

    • 7/22/2018

  • Excellent and refreshing salad. My husband who never eats cantaloupe said it was a keeper. Would not change a thing. I even had the Aleppo pepper so it was perfect.

    • llowtherp

    • PEI, Canada

    • 9/23/2016

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