An Adventure for the Palate

Have you ever read a menu and thought that after reading the description of the dish that there is no way this would be good?  I can remember a few years ago reading the description of a salad and it had strawberries mixed in.  How in the world could that be good?  It also had chicken, candied pecans and a balsamic vinaigrette.  Spring forward five years, and this is one of my favorite flavor combinations.  I love the sweet of fruit with the savory of the salad!  I love all kinds of fruit on salad from apples to cranberries or even peaches.

While we were on vacation, our friend went to the fish market and picked up a huge chunk 'ol tuna.  I mean, it was several pounds of fresh tuna roast.  We had a ton of cantaloupe and I decided I was going to make a salsa for us to eat with our tuna.  After hitting an app on my phone, I discovered this was a fairly popular salsa with several variations.  Upon tasting, it is much better than any mango salsa I have tried, and so sweet and fresh that I think it would be good on any fish or even chicken. For that matter, it would be great with pork as well.

So, if you are into broadening your palate, make up a batch. It is such a good flavor combination, I think I might just eat it with a spoon!

Cantaloupe Salsa

3/4 cup of cantaloupe, finely diced
1/4 cup red onion
2 tablespoons cilantro
1 jalapeno seeded and finely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon olive oil
the juice of 1 lime

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and allow to sit for about 30 minutes.  You can serve this chilled or as we did at room temperature.  Enjoy!