Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 c Full-flavored red wine 1 3" piece cinnamon stick
(such as Ctes du Rhone 2 md Orange-fleshed honeydew
-or Zinfandel) -melons or cantaloupes
1/2 c Sugar -(about 2 1/2 lb ea)

1. In a medium nonreactive saucepan, combine the wine, sugar and
cinnamon. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until reduced by
half, about 12 minutes. Remove the cinnamon and let the syrup cool to
room temperature, (Can be refrigerated, covered, for up to 1 week.)

2. Halve the melons crosswise and discard the seeds. Cut a thin slice
from the bottom of each melon half so that it sits upright and set
each half on a plate. Pour the red wine syrup into the melon halves
and serve with large spoons.

Food and Wine August 1995
Submitted By DIANE LAZARUS On 08-18-95

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