melon granitas

I found this recipe on the cover of one of my mom's womens day magazines (August 2011 issue). Its called melon granitas. it was pretty easy to make and made very little mess, and only took me about ten minutes to make.


Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
about four cups of chopped melon.... either honeydew, cantalope, or watermelon. (we used watermelon).
meat loaf pan

serves 4

                                                              very simply chopped melon.

                                                                      about four cups....

add the sugar in a small saucepan..

and the water....

bring to a boil (but DO NOT STIR) after it boils turn down the heat to low and let it simmer until all of the sugar dissolves..

this is what it should look like after all the sugar dissolves..

let the syrup cool completely, then put the melon and syrup in a food processor..

mix until smooth

strain the mixture into the pan..

cover and place into the freezer for three to five hours (or overnight)

after its totally frozen let it sit on the counter for a few minutes. Then just take a fork and scrap it across to get flakes. it should look like this >>>>