Cool Melon and Hot Bacon

Ingredients

• 1 ripe orange-fleshed melon
• 225 g smoked bacon
• 3 sprigs flat leaf parsley

For the dressing

• 2 teaspoons honey
• 1 large lemon, juice of
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• black pepper, to taste

Directions

1. 1

   Cut the melon in half, scoop out the seeds and cut the flesh into wedges.

2. 2

   Slice the fruit from the skin then cut the flesh into thick cubes. Keep the pieces generously sized.

3. 3

   Remove the rinds from the bacon. Grill the bacon - or fry it in a non-stick pan - until crisp, then drain on kitchen paper. Cut or break the bacon into pieces about 2 cm in length. Pull the leaves from the parsley and roughly chop.

4. 4

   Dissolve the honey in the lemon juice, season with a few grinds of black pepper and beat in the olive oil with a fork or small whisk.

5. 5

   Add the bacon and parsley to the melon. Pour over the dressing and gently toss, trying not to break up the melon. Divide between two plates and serve.