This is one of my many favorite dishes . During the summer it is the perfect light lunch to enjoy by the pool. The most important part of this dish is to have good ingredients. If your melon is not ripe it will not give the flavor you want. If do not get good quality prosciutto the flavors will not meld as they should. Cantaloupe is my melon of choice for this. The flesh of the melon has a smooth mouth feel and a great sweetness.
The melon in the photo is a galia melon. The galia melon is similar to a cantaloupe in mouth feel, it is not as sweet as a cantaloupe. Some people like honeydew for this dish. I am not a big fan of honeydew melon. I find it to have a grainy mouth feel and not very flavorful.
You can really plate this anyway you like. In the photo a piece of prosciutto is simply wrapped around the piece of melon. Anyway you plate it, it is a great dish!
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