Saturday, after our glorious cheat dinner we had a rather simple dessert. Have you heard of something called succession tasting? I hadn’t. This came from Tim Ferriss’ book The Four Hour Chef.
Normally this would be done with mango, but I didn’t have any mango, I just had cantaloupe, so I used that. Slice up the melon into large bite size pieces, make sure you have at least 4 slices per person (they don’t need to be big) but the more the better.
Dessert is broken up into four rounds.
Round 1
Each person have a slice of the melon (or mango). Enjoy it. Notice the flavours.
Round 2
Each person sprinkle a little cayenne pepper on a slice and eat that. Again, take the time to notice the flavour.
Round 3
Each person sprinkle a little cayenne and a little salt on their slice. As before, pay attention to the changes in flavour.
Round 4
Go nuts. Try the unflavoured mellon again. Try everything again. See what you like best and just enjoy.
Round 5 (optional)
If you still want more dessert after that (because maybe you’re a glutton like me), have some strawberries in a bit of cream and icing sugar. They’ll taste extra sweet after the melon.