Watermelon Rind Konfyt

Watermelon rind konfyt is crunchy and chunky and the spices add a beautiful aroma and subtle taste to this preserve. With its beautiful color and intense watermelon flavor, this konfyt preserves summer to enjoy long after the cool weather arrives. A true celebration of summer, this konfyt tastes like biting into a slice of perfectly ripe watermelon, boasting a refreshing sweetness from real fruit juice. Every region has it's own version of this tasty watermelon treat, American Southern Style, Balkan, South African Waatlemoen Konfyt, Greek glyko karpouzi, Macedonian slatko, Armenian Tzmeroog rechel, Ukrainian varenye, Russian варенье, Bulgarian сладко, Romanian dulceaţă, Arabic muraba مربى, Italian Confettura di Bucce di Anguria, Serbian slatko od lubenice preserveetc. Mouthwateringly delicious with a light cinnamon taste, it's great on fish, pork, and roasted corn salsa or serve it after dinner with blue cheese and a tot of brandy.

Pairs well with off-dry Vouvray, pale Provençal rosé, Greek Assyrtiko, Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand’s Awatere Valley, Cava, Corpinnat from Penedès, Côtes de Provence Rosé, Rosé Champagne, Sparkling Wine, port, Vermentino, Soave, Moscato, Muscat Canelli, Orange Muscat, Viognier, and Gewürztraminer

• Serve it on a cheese platter with ripe brie

• Add a spoonful to hot water to make a tea

• On roast pork or chicken

• Use as a condiment for spiced vegetables, meat, and oily fish

• Include it in your fruitcakes

• Add a few pieces of rind along with a drizzle of the sugary syrup onto a piece of bread, pancake, or waffle… or even French toast

• Mix a generous spoonful or two into a fruit salad

• It makes for a delectable topping on a jar of overnight oats

• Use on English muffins, biscuits, bagels, or toast with double cream or butter

• Add to oatmeal

• Mix in your yogurt or rice pudding

• Used to sweeten smoothies

• Serve as an ice cream topping, especially for coconut ice cream

• Stir into cakes and cookies, as you would use candied cherries, pineapple or citrus peel

• Fill sweet rolls

• Spoon it straight out of the jar

• Spoon the sweet syrup over warm buttered biscuits or stir it into hot or iced tea for sweetness

• The syrup can be used in place of any other sweetener

• The leftover syrup is also delicious drizzled over baked sweet potato and over pumpkin