RECIPE: Jamie Oliver’s watermelon skewers

Welcome family and friends back around the table with Jamie Oliver’s new cookbook! Together is about comfort, celebration, creating new memories and, above all, the sharing of mouthwatering food (while keeping you out of the kitchen so that you can enjoy eating with your guests). Today, we’re lucky enough to be able to feature a recipe from Together right here on the blog – watermelon skewers with cucumber, feta, parsley and ham.

Happy cooking!

Watermelon skewers

Cucumber, feta, parsley & ham

Serves: 6

It’s always nice to welcome friends with something tasty and mouthwatering that pairs perfectly with a cold drink. For me, this combo is absolutely delicious, particularly on a warm day. Take pride in putting them together and get prepped ahead of time – they’ll go down a treat.

Ingredients

¼ of a small watermelon (500g)
½ a cucumber
120g feta cheese
½ a small red onion
1 lemon
½ a bunch of flat-leaf parsley (15g)
optional: higher-welfare serrano ham or pata negra

Method

ON THE DAY: Peel the watermelon and slice 1.5cm thick, then into 1.5cm chunks. Quarter the cucumber lengthways and chop into the same sized chunks, along with the feta. Peel and finely chop the onion and toss with the lemon juice and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper in a shallow bowl. Pick in the parsley leaves, add the cucumber, watermelon and feta and gently toss together. Spend a bit of time skewering everything up on cocktail sticks, then line up on a platter. Spoon over the juices, and pop into the fridge until needed.

TO SERVE: Delicious fridge cold, with some good ham on the side.

Nutritional Information

ENERGY: 83kcal
FAT: 4.4g
SAT FAT: 2.8g
PROTEIN: 4.1g
CARBS: 7.8g
SUGARS: 6.5g
SALT: 0.7g
FIBRE: 0.7g

—Together by Jamie Oliver is published by Penguin Michael Joseph © Jamie Oliver Enterprises Limited (2021 Together). Photography: Paul Stuart.

Together

Memorable Meals Made Easy

by Jamie Oliver

Getting together and sharing a meal with loved ones has never felt so important.

Each chapter of Together features a meal, from seasonal feasts to curry nights, with a simple, achievable menu that can be mostly prepped ahead. Jamie's aim - whether following the full meal or picking individual recipes - is to keep you out of the kitchen to enjoy eating with your guests...

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