Charentais Granita with Chantilly Cream

Ingredients

• ½ cup water
• ½ cup sugar
• Fresh mint sprigs
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 3 cups Charentais or other melon
• 2 orange juice

Place sugar, 1/2 cup water, and orange peel in small saucepan. Bring to simmer over high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Reduce heat to medium. Simmer 1 minute. Pour into 8x8x2-inch metal pan and cool. Puree melon in processor until smooth but some texture remains. Measure scant 2 cups melon pu...

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