Watermelon, Feta, Caramelised Onion Salad

If this blog was a pot plant it would be withered up and dead by now, so lucky it's a blog!I know, I've been very slack but I've been working a lot and more importantly, had my gorgeous sister and brother in law in town for two weeks. When your closest member of your family who normally lives ten thousand miles away is here for fourteen days only and only a short train ride away, well, I'm going to hang with her. We went shopping, went to the theater (for those of you in New York if you haven't seen God Of Carnage on Broadway, go and see it - an outstanding play), had breakfast at Balthazzar, and talked our little hearts out - it was brilliant. And now I miss her like crazy not least of all because the next time I see her she will be a Mother! Wow!

However, as usual the cooking saved me from falling into a miserable heap. We were a very full house last week and a dinner party for forty five on Friday night for July fourth. It was brilliant fun, a lot of work, but great fun. My friend Casey who is the chef side of Sunday Suppers partnership, came out and helped me. If you like food photography, this site will blow your mind, it is exquisite, here's the link. http://sunday-suppers.blogspot.com/
This was one of the many things we prepared:

Salad of Watermelon, Feta, Caramelised Onion and Aged Balsamic:

For Six:
One quarter of a whole seedless watermelon, cut into cubes
Half Pound of Bulgarian Feta crumbled
One bunch of Basil
Handful of Arugula
Caramelised Onions (see below)
Aged Balsamic
Black Pepper

Take the watermelon, feta, arugula, basil, feta and caramelised onions and place in a large bowl. Give a few really good grinds of fresh black pepper. Turn out onto a serving platter or plates. Drizzle with best quality Aged Balsamic Vinegar.



Caramelized Onions
3 Red onion, peeled and sliced finely
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon dark brown soft sugar

Put the oil in a small pot, add onions on low heat and allow to caramelise. When the onions are soft add the red wine vinegar and sugar. Cook on low for about ten minutes. Season with sea salt and black pepper.