How To Make Watermelon Salad with Herbed Yogurt Sauce
Ripe watermelon, cucumber, and pickled shallots served with herbed yogurt, this watermelon salad offers fresh and bright flavors perfect for summer.
Serves:
Ingredients
For The Watermelon Salad:
- 3lbswatermelonripe, seedless, about 1/2 small round watermelon or 4 cups cubed, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
- 2mini cucumbersor 1 small cucumber, thinly sliced into rounds
- ½cupshallotthinly sliced, 1 medium-to-large
- 3tbspsherry vinegaror red wine vinegar
- ¼tspfine sea salt
- 2tbspextra-virgin olive oil
- fresh mint and basil leavessmall handful, torn if large, for garnish
- Flaky sea saltor kosher salt, to taste
- black pepperfreshly ground, to taste
For The Herbed Yogurt Sauce:
- 1cupGreek yogurt
- ⅓cupcombination of fresh basil and fresh mint leaveslightly packed
- 1tbspextra-virgin olive oil
- 1tsphoneyor maple syrup
- pinch of fine sea salt
Instructions
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In a small bowl, combine the sliced shallot with the vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Toss to combine, and place in the refrigerator to lightly pickle while you prepare the rest of the salad.
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In a food processor, combine the yogurt, fresh herbs, olive oil, honey, and a pinch of salt.
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Blend until the herbs are broken into tiny pieces and the sauce is pale green.
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Swirl the yogurt sauce over the base of a large serving platter.
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Scatter the cubed watermelon on top, followed by the cucumber.
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Arrange the pickled shallot on top, and spoon the leftover vinegar over the salad.
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Drizzle 2 tablespoons olive oil on top, sprinkle generously with fresh herbs, and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Recipe Notes
If you won’t be serving the salad immediately, place it in the refrigerator to stay chilled. This salad is best served within an hour or two.
Nutrition
- Calories: 190.83kcal
- Fat: 9.72g
- Saturated Fat: 2.58g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.02g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.85g
- Carbohydrates: 23.57g
- Fiber: 1.75g
- Sugar: 18.12g
- Protein: 5.55g
- Cholesterol: 6.38mg
- Sodium: 773.35mg
- Calcium: 65.02mg
- Potassium: 356.19mg
- Iron: 0.97mg
- Vitamin A: 68.73µg
- Vitamin C: 20.45mg
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