Summer is in full swing in Scotland, it almost feels like we've had a month of spanish weather. We've made a little summer pre dessert to clean the palette or just to have as a little nibble in this warm weather with fruit that is bang in season at the moment.
1 Galia melon
10 kiwi
6 limes
20g mint
200g sugar
500ml water
500ml soda water
150ml gin
Mojito granita:
500ml soda water
100g sugar
20g mint
150ml gin
Heat the soda water & sugar and add the mint, let it cool naturally then add the gin. Pass out the mint and add the juice of 3 limes. Freeze and use when ready.
Melon:
Dice the melon and vac pac on a tray 3 times to change the cellular structure of the melon. This basically breaks down the chewiness of the melon to make it very palatable and soft yet unchanged in shape. It sounds a little weird but if its good enough for Heston then its good enough for everyone else.
Kiwi soup:
Boil the 500ml water and 100g sugar then chill. Blend with the kiwi and pass twice to make sure the pulp & seeds are not in the soup. Add the juice of the remaining 3 limes and taste to make sure its balanced well.
Its fairly simple to assemble the dish, place the melon in the bottom of the bowl, add the soup then top with the granita.
