How to peel and cut a cantaloupe - cooking tutorial

The cantaloupe is delicious on its own or in a fruit salad: let's learn with Sonia a few creative ways to prepare it, on the cooking tutorial by YellowSaffron!

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The cantaloupe is delicious on its own or in a fruit salad, or you can serve it, for example, with raw ham, as a classic Italian appetizer. Let's see how to peel and cut it.
The key to buying a good melon is to check that the rind is not bruised or with brown spots.
Cut the cantaloupe in half.
Take one half of the cantaloupe, and, using a spoon, scoop out the seeds and strings from the centre over a bowl.
After removing the seeds, take one half and, using a knife, cut into wedges along the outer ridges. Then cut along the rind to free the flesh of each wedge.

Cut the flesh into cubes to make a fruit salad.
Instead of serving the classic wedges, you can make nice melon balls. It's very easy if you use a round melon baller, in this way.
To cut the cantaloupe into a basket-shape, remove two sections in this way.
Now cut the flesh into a handle, and scoop out the inner seeds with a spoon.
You can fill your basket with a fruit salad or with the flesh of the melon itself.

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[shadowblade145]

Pee a cantaloupe?

That would hurt like hell!!

[barefootinthewoods]

I peed out a kidney stone once and it was very unpleasant. Peeing a cantaloupe .... arrrrgh!

[GLove2131]

I love it!!! Im goin to try to make the basket!!!!

[GundisFTW]

That sack of balls looked tasty.

[oishiininja]

that looks soo good and kewl :D!

[DoMadrid]

As always, great tutorial and charming accent. Grazie tanto.

[Piratica92]

Cool!

[Typose100]

i always wanted to know...

[HeavyMetalist24]

That basket looked awesome.

[duriantram]

The basket is so cute! But so much flesh is left on the skin.

[magnacore11]

Since a few comments about the cantaloupe and the pee thing have already been presented I'll just say this...

...okay hold on a sec I gotta go like I could pee out a cantaloupe!

[kikicat5]

woooooowww....italian canteloupes have ridges???...but anyway cute fruit salad wit CUTE MELON BALLS. IN BASKET???...SHO CUTE