New Member 15 posts Joined: Jul 11, 2007
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Posted to Thread #8402 at 10:54 am on Oct 24, 2007

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Agree with Meryl. What follows is something that on the first time I served it met with a marriage proposal!
Take a bottle of decent champagne & chill it.
Cube the Honeydew and throw it into a food processor to liquefy. Honeydew pulp should be roughly 1:1 ratio with champagne.
Mix the pulp, champagne & zest of half a lemon in a freezable container and place in the freezer.
Every hour or so during the freezing, use a fork to mix up the slushy mixture (just to break up big ice cube chunks and keep crystals small). Don't overthink this step as I have gotten away with mixing only once.
Once completely frozen, with a large spoon, scrape across the top and make ice cream-like scoops. Place in a chilled martini glass and top with mint, a fanned strawberry or other decorative fruit. The more striking the color contrast the better. Can make more festive with long, thin, curled strands of lemon zest and pomegranate seed around the stem of the glass as it sits on a plate.
Pour in just a bit of chilled champagne and you have the most incredible adult slurpee you could ever make at home!!!
I have done this with other fruits and combinations. Obviously strawberry is awesome. Lychee/Pear and Kiwi were other hits. Lemon/Basil is another good standard but requires a little sugar.
Enjoy!
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