4 cups honeydew melon balls (from one 5-pound melon)
0.3 cup juice of lime fresh
2 lime zest with a vegetable peeler
6 servings lime zest freshly grated
0.7 cup sugar
1 vanilla pod split
0.3 cup water
Equipment
bowl
frying pan
sauce pan
Directions
In a small saucepan simmer syrup ingredients, stirring, until sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute.
Remove pan from heat, add split vanilla bean, and cool syrup completely.
Discard zest and vanilla bean. Syrup may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
Just before serving, in a medium bowl combine melon balls with syrup and divide mixture among 6 martini glasses. Top each serving with a generous dollop of cream and garnish with grated zest.
