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Spice up watermelon — literally — with this fun, simple grilled side from Park Avenue Summer executive chef Zene Flinn .
Ingredients
Watermelon, sliced crossways into 3/4-in. thick rounds
Olive oil
Pica Limon lemon & chili packets
Directions
1. Prepare a grill with glowing red coals.
2. Brush watermelon slices lightly with olive oil and place on grill. Allow watermelon to get clear grill marks and then rotate 90 degrees to cross the marks. Repeat on other side.
3. Transfer slices to a parchment-lined baking sheet and cool in refrigerator.
4. When cool, cut slices into wedges and serve with Pica Limon packets.
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Save some peaches for this sweet, refreshing and crunchy ice cream sundae, specially made by OddFellows Ice Cream Co. owner Sam Mason for your Labor Day party.
Ingredients
Vanilla ice cream
Cornflakes
Olive oil
Orange clover honey
Salt
Bees Knees Spicy Honey
Peaches, diced
Directions
1. Mix orange clover honey, salt, cornflakes and a touch of olive oil together until it sticks. Dry out in oven at 250 degrees till crunchy (about 1 hour). Turn and stir every so often.
2. To build sundae, top 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream with the cornflake granola, Bees Knees Spicy Honey (can sub in orange clover honey) and diced peaches.
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Labor Day weekend calls for one last summer BBQ blowout. But if you’re sick of burgers and potato salad by this point, it’s for an upgrade. To help, we asked NYC chefs for recipes that will make your party one for the ages — until next summer, that is.