Watermelon Mint Granita - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Mint Simple Syrup
2 cups water
1 cup sugar
of fresh mint, stems on, to taste
Granita
1 watermelon
3 tablespoons lime juice
simple syrup
fresh mint leaves, to taste

Preparation

In a medium saucepan add the water, sugar and mint leaves and bring to a boil. Once the sugar has dissolved, turn off the heat and let the simple syrup cool.
Remove the rind from the watermelong and cut the watermelon into chunks.
In a blender add the watermelon, lime juice, mint leaves and cooled simple syrup. Puree it all together.
Pour the mixture into a baking dish and freeze for at least 8 hours.
Once frozen, take a fork and scrape the frozen mixture to create the granita texture.
Serve and enjoy!