Imagine our surprise when we finally cut open the pumpkin we grew in our garden,

dawn_mo

dawn_mo

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only to find out it was a gigantic, and I mean gigantic honeydew melon. I planted too many different plants, too close together, and this looked like a pumpkin, and was in the area where I planted the pumpkins, but somehow it turned out to be a honeydew.

We love honeydew, but this is way too much to eat fresh. Any ideas on how to use this up? I don't want to freeze it because I am trying to empty out my freezer so I can defrost it before winter sets in. Thanks!

 
Dawn, I have a recipe for Honeydew in Jalapeno Syrup w/Melon Sorbet if you are interested ..

I'll type it for you. It is Chef Jim Dodge's Recipe.

 
Champagne Honewdew Granita

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!

 
Thanks everyone, I think I am going to try the popsicles and the Champagne Granita...

and I think I will have enough to try some Honeydew Preserves, thanks Charly.

 
This is funny! One year I planted cucumbers and zucchini close

and I got some sort of weird combo of the two that we could not eat. Hope you are able to save your combo!

 
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