Ham and melon salad with walnuts

Once Christmas days over, put leftovers to good use with imaginative dishes that reinvent Christmas ingredients.

Recipe «Ham and melon salad with walnuts» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 5 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 tsp Dijon mustard, 2 tsp honey, 80ml extra virgin olive oil, 400g leg ham, thickly sliced, 1 1/2 tbsp red wine vinegar , 100g walnuts, roasted, half finely chopped, half left whole, 1 small red onion, thinly sliced, 1/4 rockmelon, peeled, cut into thin slices , 1 baby cos lettuce, leaves separated, 50g parmesan, shaved, 1/2 loaf crusty bread, thinly sliced, toasted.

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp Dijon mustard 
• 2 tsp honey 
• 80ml extra virgin olive oil 
• 400g leg ham, thickly sliced 
• 1 1/2 tbsp red wine vinegar 
• 100g walnuts, roasted, half finely chopped, half left whole 
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced 
• 1/4 rockmelon, peeled, cut into thin slices 
• 1 baby cos lettuce, leaves separated 
• 50g parmesan, shaved 
• 1/2 loaf crusty bread, thinly sliced, toasted 

Instructions

1. Combine mustard, honey and 1 tablespoon oil in a bowl, then brush over ham on both sides. In a separate bowl, whisk together remaining 60ml (1/4 cup) oil, vinegar and chopped walnuts.
2. Layer onion, rockmelon, lettuce, parmesan and bread on a plate.
3. Preheat a chargrill pan or barbecue to medium–high. Cook ham, in 2 batches, for 1 minute each side or until lightly charred and warmed through. Tear into large pieces and tuck into salad.
4. Drizzle with walnut dressing and scatter with remaining walnuts to serve.