Champagne Fruit Salad With Mint Lime Granita

• None None FOR THE MINT LIME GRANITA
• 1/3 cup lime juice, plus 4 wide strips peel
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 None peppermint tea bag
• 2 tbsp chopped mint, plus additional leaves, to serve
• None None FOR THE CHAMPAGNE FRUIT SALAD
• 1/2 None papaya, peeled, seeded and sliced
• 1/2 None honeydew melon, peeled, seeded and sliced
• 1/2 None pineapple, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
• 9 oz strawberries, halved
• 1 None Granny Smith apple, sliced
• 1 cup sparkling white wine

1. For the granita, combine 2 cups water, lime juice and sugar in medium saucepan on low heat. Stir until sugar dissolves. Add lime peel and tea bag and bring to a simmer. Remove from heat. Let steep for 3-4 mins. Remove tea bag and lime peel. Cool.
2. Stir in chopped mint and transfer to a shallow metal tray. Freeze for 2-3 hours until firm.
3. For the fruit salad, combine all fruit in a large glass bowl. Pour wine over top. Refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve.
4. Spoon fruit salad into glasses. Using a fork, scrape granita to form ice chips. Spoon over fruit. Serve with mint leaves.

lime juice, sugar, peppermint tea, mint, salad, papaya, honeydew melon, pineapple, strawberries, apple, sparkling white wine

Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/26348 (may not work)