Watermelon Lollipop

Ingredients 

• ½ medium watermelon
• 2 cups fresh or tinned orange juice
• A pinch of salt
• 1-2 cheese slices
• 2-4 satay sticks
• A few sprig fresh curly parsley

Method

1. Slice the watermelon into ½ inch thick discs.
2. Heat non-stick pan, pour the orange juice into it, add salt and cook till it reduces
3. Remove the seeds with the pointed end of a knife. Cut small roundels with a small cooker cutter.
4. Transfer the orange juice into a bowl and let it cool down to room temperature.
5. Add the watermelon roundels to the reduced orange juice and let them soak well. Keep the bowl in the refrigerator to chill.
6. Cut the cheese slice into ½ inch wide strips. Cut each strips into 2 equal pieces.
7. Take two 2x4 inch thermacole rectangles, keep them one over the other, wrap them with aluminium foil and keep it on a serving platter.
8. Halve the satay sticks.
9. Bring the bowl with watermelon roundels out of the refrigerator, pierce each with a piece of satay stick to make a lollipop and then pierce them into the thermacole piece.
10. Place a cheese strip over each lollipop, make a small slit on top of each lollipop, insert a parsley sprig into the slits and serve immediately.