FARE EXCHANGE Jump to recipe
Champagne granita and melon

Champagne granita and melon

“Crosstown Eating House is a true Brisneyland highlight. Would you get me the secrets of Jamie Pearce’s melon and granita?”
Cheryl Parker, Ipswich, Qld

Request a recipe
To request a recipe, write to Fare Exchange, Australian Gourmet Traveller, GPO Box 4088, Sydney, NSW 2001, or email us. All requests should include the restaurant’s name and address or business card, as well as your name and address.

Champagne granita and melon

Serves 8
Cooking Time Prep time 10 mins, cook 5 mins (plus freezing)
220 gm   (1 cup) white sugar
750 ml   Champagne
2   lemons, juice only
1   lemon, finely grated rind only
250 gm   seedless watermelon
½ each   honeydew and rockmelon
200 gm   seedless green grapes, halved lengthways
½ cup   (firmly packed) mint, thinly sliced


1 Combine sugar and 250ml water in a small saucepan over medium heat, stir until sugar dissolves, remove from heat and cool completely.
2 Combine Champagne, juice, rind and sugar syrup, pour into a shallow tray and freeze, scraping with a fork every 30 minutes to form ice crystals, until completely frozen.
3 Scoop balls from melons with a melon baller, divide evenly among eight chilled 250ml-capacity glasses. Add grapes, scatter over mint, top with granita and serve immediately.

This recipe is from the January 2010 issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller.

RECIPE Jamie Pearce, Crosstown Eating House, Brisbane PHOTOGRAPHY Ben Dearnley STYLING Geraldine Munoz and Alice Storey

Search by cuisine, name, ingredients...

Gourmet Traveller magazine

Subscribe and win!

Subscribe or renew your subscription to Gourmet Traveller this month and you could win the ultimate in chic and stylish kitchen packages thanks to ILVE, worth over $15,000!
Get 12 months of Gourmet Traveller for the online only price of $69.95
Subscribe Now!