Don’t throw away the watermelon peels! 3 Tasty Recipes

Watermelon skin is underestimated because it very often ends up in the trash. However, there are many ways to recycle it and use it for your health

1 – Watermelon peel jam

• 1 kg watermelon rinds in strips (removed the green)
• 750 g of sugar
• 1 lemon juice
• Place all ingredients in a jam pot (or saucepan). Cook over medium heat until 105°C (around twenty minutes). If you don’t have a sugar thermometer, check the cooking by pouring a drop of jam onto a plate: it should set.
• Pour into jars, close them and turn them over until completely cooled.

2 – Watermelon skin in vinegar

• 10 cardamom pods
• 4 cloves
• 100 g of coarse salt
• 2 cm grated ginger
• 25 cl of water
• 50 cl of vinegar
• 300 g of granulated sugar
• 1 kg of watermelon peel
• Cut the bark into strips and remove the green skin.
• Soak them overnight with coarse salt.
• The next day, drain and dry them.
• In a saucepan pour the water, vinegar and sugar.
• Bring to the boil and add the peels.
• Add the spices and cook over low heat for an hour.
• Place in a jar and wait until the preparation has cooled before closing it.
• Leave for a month before consuming.

3 – Salted watermelon skin

• 250 g watermelon skin
• 250 g of sugar
• 50 ml of white vinegar and half a lemon.
• Cut the skin into small cubes and leave it to soak in salted water overnight.
• Drain, put in a saucepan, covered with cold water and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Then drain it. Put together the sugar, vinegar, water, lemon, a cinnamon stick and a few cloves and boil for at least 10 minutes to make the syrup.
• Add everything to the watermelon skin and cook until it becomes transparent. Put it in pots according to the previous procedure.