Honeydew Granita - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 honeydew melon (about 5 pounds)
1 pinch salt

Preparation

Place sugar in a small pan with 3 tablespoons water and lime juice.
Stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved, around three minutes.
Remove from heat.
Cut honeydew in half, remove seeds, peel and chop into chunks.
Transfer to a food processor.
Add sugar mixture and salt.
Process until slushy.
Transfer mixture to a 9-inch metal square baking pan and freeze for an hour.
Stir with a fork to break up chunks around the edges.
Freeze until completely frozen or about 2 hours longer.
Continue stirring with fork every 30 minutes to loosen ice crystals.
Serve in chilled glasses or bowls.