Melon Compote Recipe ingredients

• 2 pounds melon
• 4 ounces sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• Ginger
• A bay leaf

To prepare this Melon Compote Recipe, first take off the hard outside of the melon, and remove all the center, cut into pieces about the size of a plum. Make a syrup of the sugar flavored with a little of the melon peel, bay leaf and the ginger, in about half a pint of water; let this simmer for about an hour, and pour it over the pieces of melon.