Name: Cantaloupe Granita
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 4 cups chopped cantaloupe; 1 1/3 cups Asti Spumante (Italian sparkling wine) or water; 3/4 cup sugar; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

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Cantaloupe GranitaRick Szcechowski

Here's an easy granita (a grown up snow cone). If you like, top it off just before serving with a diced melon salad made from cubes of cantaloupe, honeydew, and watermelon that have been tossed with a bit of sugar and thinly sliced fresh mint leaves.

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