Grilled Watermelon
Ingredients:
8 slices watermelon, wedges 1 1/5 inches thick
2 tablespoons olive oil
Sea salt
Fresh ground pepper
Directions:
- Wash the watermelon rind, cut the melon lengthwise, and then slice it into 1 1/4-inch thick wedges.
- Trim off and discard the rind.
- Salt the prepared watermelon and allow it to rest on the 1 1/4-inch cut surfaces on a wire rack with paper towels placed underneath for 20 minutes.
- Rinse the salt off all the surfaces of the melon pieces and firmly pat them dry with clean paper towels.
- Brush the watermelon pieces with the olive oil.
- Place them on a preheated grill over medium-high heat and cook them for 3 minutes on each side, until grill marks appear.
