Granita

Creamy sweetened condensed milk stands in for vanilla ice cream in this icy and refreshing take on the classic soda shop flavor combination.

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If you have a really ripe, gorgeous watermelon, you may not need any sugar at all.

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A grown-up shaved ice, with a welcome hit of spice from the pepper.

For this granita, sweet honeydew melon is flecked with floral pink peppercorns and mint. Remember: One of the great things about making granita is that no ice cream maker is needed.

If you have a metal baking pan, use it; it will chill the mixture faster than a glass one. And remove the granita from the freezer when you scrape it--too much cold air will escape if you do this while the door's hanging open.