Description
This Watermelon and Goat Cheese Appetizer is a refreshing and elegant dish perfect for summer gatherings. Juicy seedless watermelon rounds filled with creamy goat cheese, garnished with fresh cucumber, and a squeeze of lime juice.
Ingredients
Scale
Watermelon Rounds:
- 1 mini seedless watermelon (Dulcinea preferably)
Goat Cheese Filling:
- 6–8 ounces goat cheese
- 2 tablespoons milk (or more to make creamy)
Garnish:
- 1 Persian cucumber
- 2–3 limes
Instructions
- Prepare Watermelon Rounds: Wash watermelons well. Cut a thin slice off one side to give you a flat surface. Roll melon to flat side and cut 1″ wide pieces of watermelon. Using a cookie cutter, cut pieces of melon.
- Fill with Goat Cheese: Use a melon baller to cut little half rounds out of the center of the watermelon pieces. Whip goat cheese and milk until creamy. Pipe the cheese mixture into the indentations.
- Garnish and Serve: Garnish with cucumber slices. Place on a plate, squeeze lime juice over the top, and serve.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Assembly
- Cuisine: Modern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 110mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
Keywords: Watermelon, Goat Cheese, Appetizer, Summer, Refreshing, Elegant, Cucumber, Lime, Easy
