Watermelon, Cucumber & Feta Salad
Equipment
- Cutting Board
- Knife
- Peeler
- Large Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Red Watermelon Cut Into 1 Inch Cubes
- 2 Cups Golden Watermelon Cut Into 1 Inch Cubes
- 4 Each English Cucumbers Peeled & Cut Into ¾ Inch Cubes
- 5 oz. Block Feta Cheese Cut Into
- 1 Tablespoons Pickled Red Onions To Garnish
- 3 Tablespoons Chopped Mint To Garnish
- 3 Tablespoons Chopped Basil To Garnish
- Pepper To Garnish
Instructions
- To cube the cucumber: Cut the ends off the cucumber. Then thinly slice off all four long sides of the cucumber so that it resembles a long rectangle. Cut into thirteen 1-inch cubes.
- To cube the watermelon: Cut off the ends. Cut the watermelon into 1-inch round slices. Use a cucumber cube as a guide to cut the watermelon into thirteen 1-inch cubes.
- To cube the feta: Cut into four 1-inch cubes using a cucumber cube as a guide.
Notes
To build the salad:
Start with the bottom layer. Arrange 3 cubes across the top of a serving platter and then 5 cubes down, alternating cucumber and watermelon cubes (you should have something that resembles the number "7"). Fill in the "7" to make a 3-by-5-inch rectangle by alternating cucumber and watermelon cubes to create a checkerboard pattern. Occasionally swap out a cube of cucumber or watermelon with a cube of feta to integrate the 4 cubes into the pattern. There should be 15 cubes.
To build the top layer, repeat the checkerboard pattern with the remaining 15 cucumber and watermelon cubes making sure that all the feta cubes are covered, and every bottom cucumber cube is topped with a watermelon cube and vice versa.
Drizzle with the Moroccan vinaigrette; sprinkle with pepper, basil & mint. Lay the pickled red onions around the outside of the salad.