Melon with Wild Strawberries

If wild or woodland strawberries aren’t available, use ordinary ones or raspberries.

Serves 4

• 1 cantaloupe or Charentais melon
• 1 Galia melon
• 900g/2lb watermelon
• 175g/6oz wild strawberries
• 4 sprigs fresh mint, to garnish

Method

Using a large sharp knife, cut all three melons in half.  Scoop out the seeds from both the cantaloupe or Charentais and Galia melons with a spoon.  With a melon scoop, take out as many balls as you can from all three melons.  Combine in a large bowl and chill for at least 1hr.  Add the strawberries and mix together gently.  Spoon out into four stemmed glass dishes.  Garnish each of the melon salads with a small sprig of mint and serve at once.