This past weekend, I decided to recreate this dish for Bret's dad's birthday party, which would be a casual get-together with his family where we would be grilling and eating all day by the pool. When I volunteered to help make something for the party, Bret's mom suggested that I make a light appetizer and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to finally make my version of the watermelon and feta appetizer.
The day before the party, Bret purchased a watermelon and cubed it for me while I was out at a girls golf outing. Bret creatively scooped out a little at the top of each watermelon cube to make room for the feta cheese.
The next day, at the party, I cubed out pieces of a firm feta cheese.
The feta cheese was placed into the hollowed-out section of the watermelon.
Bret chopped up some mint.
And I drizzled the watermelon and feta bites with balsamic vinegar.
Finally, each cube was topped with a bit of the chopped mint.
Like Vlora's version of the dish, I really loved the flavor combination of watermelon and feta but I think the substitution of mint over parsley made it even better. In the future, I will probably cube the watermelon even smaller and maybe drizzle the balsamic on the watermelon before putting the feta on it for a prettier presentation. But overall, I was pretty happy with this dish, especially when it got a lot of compliments from Bret's family and requests to make this again in the future.
What dish have you tried in a restaurant that you just had to recreate at home?
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