Fresh Melon And Strawberries With Marsala - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups strawberries
3 small cantaloupe
1 cup sugar
1 cup dry marsala wine (Mavrodaphne, a red, greek dessert wine is excellent if available)

Preparation

Wash and hull the strawberries.
Cut each cantaloupe in half and remove the seeds.
With a round melon baler, scoop out the pulp.
Reserve the cantaloupe shells.
Put melon balls and strawberries into a large bowl.
Add 1/2-cup sugar and the Marsala wine; mix well.
Refrigerate for several hours.
Sprinkle the cantaloupe shells with the remaining sugar and refrigerate for several hours.
Fill cantaloupe shells with the marinated melon and strawberries.
Spoon some of the juice over the fruit.
Serve chilled.