Recipe - Melon With Lavender Syrup

One half cup Sugar
One half cup ;Water
One fourth cup Sweet dessert wine*
2 tablespoon Orange juice
One fourth cup Fresh or dried lavender
flowers
1 lg Ripe melon, cubed

GARNISH
Fresh mint leaves

*Sauterne, Grenache or sweet Reisling.

Bring sugar, water, wine and orange juice to a boil; reduce heat and simmer
for 5 minutes, stirring once or twice to dissolve sugar. Add lavender
flowers. Cover and steep for 1 to 2 hours. Strain out lavender flowers,
pressing on pulp.

To serve, pour syrup over melon; gently toss. Garnish with mint leaves.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings.

Recipe developed by Renee Shepherd and Fran Raboff. From 1992 "Shepherd's
Garden Seeds" catalog. Pg. 26. Posted by Cathy Harned.

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