How To Make Blood-Orange and Mixed-Melon Soup
A variety of melons and grapes are tossed in a sweet and tangy juice made with orange syrup and lemon juice. This easy melon soup makes a refreshing meal!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupwater
- ½cupsugar
- 3cupsblood orange juice
- 1cupcantaloupe,small balls
- 1cuphoneydew melon,small balls
- 1cupwatermelon,small balls, seedless
- 1cupblueberries
- ½cupred seedless grapes,halved
- ½cupgreen grapes,halved, seedless
- 2tbspfresh lemon juice
- ¼tspsalt
Instructions
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Combine the water and sugar in a small saucepan and heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
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Boil for 1 minute, then pour into a heatsafe bowl to cool.
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Heat the orange juice in the same saucepan to boiling over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until reduced to 2 cups.
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Add to the sugar syrup and cool completely.
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In a large serving bowl, combine the orange juice mixture, cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, blueberries, grapes, lemon juice, and salt. Stir gently to mix.
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Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until serving.
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Ladle into chilled shallow soup bowls so the fruits make a colorful pattern in the brilliant soup.
Nutrition
- Calories: 181.19kcal
- Fat: 0.52g
- Saturated Fat: 0.08g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.07g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.15g
- Carbohydrates: 45.07g
- Fiber: 1.69g
- Sugar: 39.84g
- Protein: 1.81g
- Sodium: 110.97mg
- Calcium: 25.58mg
- Potassium: 495.42mg
- Iron: 0.59mg
- Vitamin A: 71.82µg
- Vitamin C: 85.38mg
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