Recipe#8796

Title: Honeydew Sorbet

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 From: "Erik. A Speckman" especkma@reed.edu 
 Subject: Honeydew Sorbet 
 Message-ID: MKWSM7@taronga.com 
 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 21:55:39 -0700 (PDT) 

Syrup:
 1/2 cup water
 1 cup sugar
 Sorbet:
 1 large(6 lbs.) ripe honeydew melon
 1/2 cup sugar syrup
 6 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
 6 thin lime slices for garnish
 6 sprigs fresh mint for garnish
 For syrup, combine water and sugar in pan.  Stir over medium heat until
 sugar dissolves.  Increase heat and bring to boil.  Boil without stirring
 for 5 minutes.  Cool syrup, then cover and refrigerate until needed.
 Peel, seed, and chop melon.  Puree in food processor(about 4 cups.)  In a
 bowl mix puree, sugar syrup, and lime juice.  Freeze in ice cream maker
 according to instructions.  Then freeze in freezer 2-3 hours to firm it
 up.  Garnish with lime slice and mint.