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Watermelon is the fruit of the summer season par excellence. It is sweet, fresh, light, suggestive and it brings in endless health benefits. But, above all, it is one of the most versatile ingredients. Fresh to nibble on, in juice, sorbet, salad or Gazpacho. Today at Summum we explain the thousand and one ways to taste this natural treasure when temperatures rise.
Why should we eat watermelon?
From Africa, watermelon is a kind of blessing for the body in summer.
Contains water (the94%, hence in English it is called, correctly, watermelon), proteins, fiber, vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, sodium, magnesium and folic acid, among other components.
Es mineralizing, antioxidant and low in calories. In other words, it quenches your thirst, helps you stay hydrated and regain strength, and it’s light. Also, it is like eating sugar. Both for its flavor and its texture. A natural candy, perfect for chopping between hours.
Lycopene, your best secret
The plant world is an incredible source of antioxidant molecules, whose function is to protect the DNA and essential ‘stress’ proteins that involve high-energy reactions such as photosynthesis.
Eat many fruits and vegetables Different types allow us to store various types of antioxidants that protect against equally diverse molecular damage. Lycopene is a carotenoid pigment (vegetable antioxidant) to which watermelon owes so much its intense red color like his extraordinary power antioxidant, superior to tomato.
Lycopene helps reduce oxidative damage in the Healthy cell DNA, preventing the body from producing substances that are harmful to it. Do we need more reasons to include it in our diet from now on?
In RawCoco, the «cold press» of the summer
With offices in Madrid and Gijón, RawCoco Green bar is a cafeteria that focuses its offer on healthy and fresh food. Your menu, of course, is modified depending on the season.
One of the proposals for this summer is a juice based on watermelon, orange, agave and a touch of lime. Called Sunset and it is cold pressed, that is, subjected to high pressure instead of smoothie.
It is a technique that is gaining ground compared to traditional blenders and what, at do not heat the ingredients, minimizes their oxidation and keeps all the nutrients intact. It’s almost like just eating fruit. In this case, just watermelon.
A «lolo» with watermelon and cucumber
Fresh seasonal fruit, a little sugar and no preservatives and colorings. Oh and almost inexhaustible resources when looking for new flavor combinations.
Lolo Polos is a store of artisan poles (sorry, fruit ice cream!) That already has three points of sale, two in Madrid and one in the Canary Islands. The project started three years ago in Malasaña at the hands of two entrepreneurs who share a genius and an exotic childhood in Tanzania.
Among the summer proposals of Lolo Polos – such as Coconut and lime or Milk, lemon, currant and poppy– there is also the one with Watermelon and Cucumber. They make home deliveries, the box of six poles is around 20 euros.
Watermelon sorbet TOP
Is there anything better than welcoming summer with another sweet invention from TOP Rocambolesc ice cream parlors? Probably not.
We can do it by going to one of its four stores, in Girona, Barcelona, Alicante and Madrid.
The flavor of the season is Watermelon sorbet and lemon with toppings (which can not be missing) of lime cloud, black sesame and coconut sponge cake.
In Gazpacho version, in Madrid
El Zorzal is the new project of the Ivan Saez, chef of Disengage. A neotavern in which different decoration details are mixed, including some original tiles with 130 years of history.
In the summer menu we find, of course, a watermelon-based one. Its about Watermelon Gazpacho with chamomile-infused watermelon, crunchy crumbs and smoked cheese.
Marinade, with soy and coriander in the center of Bilbao
La Despensa de Etxanobe is one of the new openings that energize the Spanish gastronomic scene. Behind the stove is Fernando Canales, which opens a new stage with this and another venue: the Atelier de Etxanobe (formerly Etxanobe), which sports 1 Michelin star. The two places, the first more informal and the second more sophisticated both from the point of gastronomic and decorative proposal, share a kitchen and are located in the center of Bilbao. Watermelon marinated with soy and coriander is one of the dishes that you can try this summer in The shelf.
Unbox Watermelon Salad
Desencaja, chef Iván Sáez’s first project, is a restaurant with classic and market cuisine with a twist and in constant evolution.
If in winter the game dishesIn summer you can opt for cooler proposals ideal for sharing. Among them is the Watermelon salad with brioche lands, cucumber foam, Kombu seaweed and anchovy, over tomato water.
What a melon!
Marketed by the English company waterbomb, the watermelon water What a melon was born with the intention of offering a natural and refreshing alternative to classic coconut water.
Contains antioxidant lycopene, the amino acid citrulline (which, apparently, helps the speedy recovery of muscles and their resistance) and all the other components of watermelon, including potassium. It’s a drink natural, no added sugar. The 330 ml brick can be purchased in specialized stores for about 2.50 euros.
Watermelon infusion
Higher Living is an English brand of teas and infusions with 45 years of experience. They mostly use organic ingredients for their blends. Even the precious packaging is made from recycled and recyclable paper and made “with love” in rural areas of the county of Gloucestershire.
In its catalog we find a very successful mix for the summer: that of strawberry and watermelon, with chamomile and fruit aromas.
Ideal to serve cold, with ice and, they suggest, some mint leaves as well. A box of 15 sachets It can be purchased both in your online store and in specialized stores for about 3 euros.