Grapefruit-Mint Granite
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 3 cups strained fresh pink-grapefruit juice (3 to 4 medium pink grapefruits)
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
- Mint sprigs, for garnish
- Combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan and place over high heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
- Bring to a boil and boil without stirring for 1 minute.
- Let cool.
- Refrigerate syrup until cold.
- Stir together the syrup, grapefruit juice, lemon zest, lemon juice and mint.
- Put in a shallow nonreactive pan and place in the freezer.
- Stir every 20 to 30 minutes until frozen throughout, about 3 hours.
- Scrape into glasses and serve garnished with mint sprigs.
sugar, water, pink grapefruits, lemon zest, lemon juice, fresh mint, sprigs
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/5003 (may not work)