Thanks to the contained water elevated one (approximately 95 grams for 100 grams of product) carry out an optimal diuretic action and is considered from all the summery fruit more coolness and dissetante. Of origins Egyptians, it comes subsequently introdott in the Mediterranean basin and in particular in Turkey, Gracia, Italy and Spain. In Italy the greater productions are concentrated to the Italy center, but the better quality with an elevated degree sweetens is produced in Sicily in the zones of Pachino to Ispica. The varità Crimson disseminated Sweat é the piò and comes commercialized from fine May to July. The fruit is introduced with a sperichal shape, one coloration of the green peel with lines green dark and one pulp compact of red intense. For a greater resistance the fruit goes conserved in freschi places to one temperature comprised between 15°C and 20°C.

The Water-melons's ice-cream

500 gr of pulp of water-melon, 200 gr of sugar, the juice of 2 lemons, a little of rooms and 100 gr of bitter chocolate. It prepares a syrup with the sugar and two glasses of water, you make to bubble for ten minuteren, beat the water-melon the syrup and the juice of the two lemons, pours all in containers and riponi in the freezer. When it is partially made solid, beat it of new finche becomes soft you join the bitter chocolate or if you prefer of the bean of coffee. You subdivide the ice-cream in four glasses of crystal, and take it in the freezer until completing all the freezing. Trim the glasses with of the pieces of water-melon, (that we had left from part) for giving a famous one of color to the dessert.

The Melon Mundial

The Melone Retato Mundial, sure most valuable between meloni the raids, is cultivated from years with happening in Sicily in the zones of Ispica and Pachino. It is introduced with a marked retatura, it has a tondeggiante shape with inner cavity much small and one closing characterized from one small scar. Pulp of meant color salmone. The medium weight is of 1,3 - 1.6 kilograms. Its optimal resistance, its refined taste and its content in vitamin to, B-carotene, vitamin C and fibers a healthy product and a lot searched.