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Melon with lavender syrup

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c Sugar
• 1/2 c ;Water
• 1/4 c Sweet dessert wine*
• 2 tb Orange juice
• 1/4 c Fresh or dried lavender -- flowers
• 1 lg Ripe melon

Instructions:

cubed MMMMM--------------------------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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