Cantaloupe melon and mint granita

Our easy cantaloupe melon and mint granita is the perfect dessert for sultry summer days. Learn how to make this refreshing, four-ingredient granita with our simple recipe.

  • Sunny summer flavours: “A ripe melon is an incredible thing, full of sweet honeyed flavours that are perfect captured in a granita,” says head of food Tom Shingler. “A little lemon lifts everything, while the mint adds to the refreshment without veering into toothpaste territory.”
  • Quick and easy: all you need is four ingredients and five minutes prep time to make this no-churn iced dessert. You can even use a blender to whizz the finished frozen result into melt-in-the-mouth shards, rather than using a fork.
  • Scale it up: this simple recipe is easily scaled up to feed a crowd.

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  • Makes about 500g (enough to serve 4)
  • Prep time 5 min, plus freezing

Nutrition

Calories
47kcals
Fat
0g
Protein
0.5g
Carbohydrates
9.6g (9.6g sugars)
Fibre
1.3g
Salt
0g

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