Melon Soup

Ingredients

1 large ripe melon chopped (about 3 cups)
2 oranges, peeled, diced (about 1 cup)
1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar or 1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
2 cups apple juice
1 tablespoon chopped mint
Salt
1 large melon, cut decoratively, to serve the soup
Mint sprigs to garnish

Instructions

Combine the melon, orange, vinegar, honey, and apple juice in the work bowl of your food processor. Process until smooth. Stain through a sieve. Add the chopped mint, and adjust the seasonings with more honey and salt if needed. Ladle into the melon shell, and garnish with the mint sprigs.

Yield: 6 first-course portions