Name: Champagne fruit salad with mint-lime granita
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Champagne fruit salad; 1/2 papaya, peeled, seeded, sliced; 1/2 honeydew melon, peeled, seeded, sliced; 1/2 pineapple, peeled, thinly sliced; 250 gram punnet strawberries, halved; 1 Granny Smith apple, sliced; 1 cup champagne; Mint-lime granita; 2 cup water; 1/3 cup lime juice, plus 4 wide strips zest; 1/4 cup caster sugar; 1 peppermint teabag; 1/4 cup chopped mint, plus extra chopped, and leaves to serve

Champagne fruit salad with mint-lime granita

Nothing beats a summer BBQ, but the fun soon fizzles out when you can’t eat because of sensitive teeth. Happily, Colgate® has a solution, so a chilled fruit salad is no longer off the menu

Serves 8

Prep

15M

Cook

Marinate

Total

20M

For the relief of tooth sensitivity. Always read the label. Use only as directed. See your dentist if symptoms persist. Colgate-Palmolive Ltd, Lower Hutt. TAPS PP1485

Ingredients

Champagne fruit salad

1/2 papaya, peeled, seeded, sliced

1/2 honeydew melon, peeled, seeded, sliced

1/2 pineapple, peeled, thinly sliced

250 gram punnet strawberries, halved

1 Granny Smith apple, sliced

1 cup champagne

Mint-lime granita

2 cup water

1/3 cup lime juice, plus 4 wide strips zest

1/4 cup caster sugar

1 peppermint teabag

1/4 cup chopped mint, plus extra chopped, and leaves to serve

Method

1.Combine fruit in a large non-metal bowl. Pour champagne over. Chill, covered, until required.

2.For the mint-lime granita: Combine water, lime and sugar in a medium saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolved. Add zest and teabag and bring to simmering point. Remove from heat to infuse for 3-4 minutes. Remove teabag and zest. Allow to cool.

3.Stir in mint and transfer to a shallow metal tray. Freeze for 2-3 hours until firm.

4.Spoon fruit salad among glasses or onto platter. Using a fork, scrape along granita to form ice chips. Spoon over fruit. Serve with extra mint.

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