Watermelon with Ginger-Mint Simple Syrup

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons fresh chiffonaded mint leaves, plus the stems of 1 bunch, and whole mint leaves, for garnish
• 1 teaspoon roughly chopped fresh ginger
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 cups cubed watermelon

1. In a medium saucepan, mix the sugar, mint stems, ginger, and water over medium high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
2. Bring to simmer for 2 to 3 minutes then remove from heat.
3. Let the mixture steep 20 minutes before straining through a fine sieve.
4. Chill the syrup.
5. To serve, drizzle the chilled syrup over the watermelon cubes and garnish with fresh mint leaves.

sugar, mint, fresh ginger, water, cubed watermelon

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/melissa-darabian/watermelon-with-ginger-mint-simple-syrup-recipe.html (may not work)