{"id":2846,"date":"2016-02-14T09:55:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2016-02-14T10:01:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T16:01:50","slug":"watermelon-feta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/?p=2846","title":{"rendered":"Watermelon &#038; Feta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/?attachment_id=2844\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2844\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Watermelon-Feta-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Watermelon &amp; Feta\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Watermelon-Feta-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Watermelon-Feta-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Watermelon-Feta.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ingredient combination here is nothing new, though the preparation and plating give this classic combination a whole new life. I keep the recipes on this site simple and make sure they don&#8217;t require special equipment, though many people have a vacuum sealer these days. Marinating the watermelon under vacuum compresses it, giving it a firmer texture while allowing the marinade to work much more quickly. You can make the salad without a vacuum sealer and the flavours will still be great, though you&#8217;ll need to leave more time for marinating and you won&#8217;t get the same texture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: 30 minutes (plus marinating time)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serves: 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>600g watermelon &#8211; cut into 5cm squares 2cm thick<br \/>\n100g balsamic vinegar<br \/>\n4 large basil leaves &#8211; chiffonade<br \/>\n100g feta &#8211; crumbled or small dice<br \/>\n50g green pistachios &#8211; roughly chopped<br \/>\nFew grinds black pepper<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Place watermelon and vinegar in a vacuum bag and seal under vacuum. Refrigerate for one hour. If you do not have a vacuum sealer, use a zip top bag, removing as much air as possible, then refrigerate for four hours.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the watermelon from the bag, discarding the excess vinegar and cut into bite-size pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Plate the watermelon topped with the basil, feta, pistachios and pepper.<\/p>\n<p>Serve immediately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Watermelon-Feta.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Get the PDF and nutrition info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ingredient combination here is nothing new, though the preparation and plating give this classic combination a whole new life. I keep the recipes on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14,6,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Watermelon-Feta.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2847,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions\/2847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevskitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}