Carbonated Watermelon Salad

While the most common and well-known use of a whipping siphon is to create foams you can also use it to infuse liquids and to carbonate liquids. In this recipe, I carbonate the water in watermelon to make a fizzy salad.

I love the taste of watermelon, especially when it's nice and ripe in summer. Because of that I just use a simple dressing of lime juice and mint leaves with a little bit of chopped up jalapeno for added bite. The carbonation process also adds a little bitterness to the watermelon which I find complements the mint.

The carbonation will last 15 to 25 minutes so it needs to be served quickly once the whipping siphon is opened.

Carbonated watermelon salad from whipping siphon

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Carbonated Watermelon Salad

  • Published: November 6, 2013
  • By Jason Logsdon
  • Prep Time: 15 Minutes
  • Total Time: 4-24 hours

Carbonated Watermelon Salad Ingredients

For the Carbonated Watermelon

Enough watermelon chunks to fill your whipping siphon to the fill line

For the Salad

Lime wedges
Mint leaves, cut into thin strips
Jalapeno, thinly sliced into rings

Salt and pepper

Carbonated Watermelon Salad Instructions

For the Carbonated Watermelon

Place the watermelon in the whipping siphon. Seal the siphon and charge with one CO2 cartridge. Vent the whipping siphon then fully charge with CO2. Place in the refrigerator for several hours or preferably overnight.

To Assemble and Serve

When ready to serve, vent the CO2 from the whipping siphon. Place some of the watermelon into a bowl. Squeeze a lime wedge over the watermelon. Top with the mint leaves and jalapeno. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

The watermelon will usually hold its carbonation for 10 to 20 minutes.
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