Champagne Fruit Salad With Mint Lime Granita
- 1/3 cup lime juice plus 4 wide strips peel
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tea bag peppermint
- 2 tablespoons mint chopped, plus additional leaves, to serve
- 1/2 papaya peeled, seeded and sliced
- 1/2 honeydew melon peeled, seeded and sliced
- 1/2 pineapple peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 9 ounces strawberries halved
- 1 granny smith apple sliced
- 1 cup white wine sparkling
- 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.
- Stir in chopped mint and transfer to a shallow metal tray. Freeze for 2-3 hours until firm.
- For the fruit salad, combine all fruit in a large glass bowl. Pour wine over top. Refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve.
- 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, mint, papaya, honeydew, pineapple, granny smith apple, white wine sparkling
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Champagne-Fruit-Salad-with-Mint-Lime-Granita-1403411 (may not work)