3 sliced marcona basil Recipes

fresh basil leaves, extra-virgin olive oil plus additional for drizzling, fresh lemon juice, sea salt, cantaloupe or honeydew melon or 2 small charentais melons, halved, peeled, seeded, thinly sliced, sliced serrano ham or prosciutto, marcona almonds,* coarsely chopped, chopped fresh parsley

asparagus spears, spanish olive oil , for roasting asparagus, arugula, strawberries, trimmed, washed and sliced, valencia orange, peeled and cut into segments (save part of the orange to juice), fresh basil , cut into ribbons (fresh only!), scallions, sliced (in the summer i will use locally grown purple scallions), pomegranate seeds, dried (read *note), marcona almonds , roasted, white balsamic vinaigrette, valencia orange juice, freshly squeezed plus 1 tsp zest, lemon zest, grated, lemon juice, grey salt, cracked black pepper , to taste, spanish extra virgin olive oil