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                                            Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 1  | 
                                         
                                        
                                     
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                    Ingredients: 
                    
                        
                                                1 cup sugar  |  
                                                1 cup water  |  
                                                1/2 cup mint leaves, chopped  |  
                                                1 (64-ounce) bottle ruby-red grapefruit juice  |  
                                                garnish: fresh mint leaves  |  
                                                
                     
                    Directions: 
                    
                        
                            
                                1. Bring sugar and 1 cup water to boil in a saucepan. Turn off heat, add mint, and cover. Let stand 5 minutes. Pour through a fine wire-mesh strainer into shallow, plastic, 1-gallon container; discard mint. Stir in grapefruit juice. 2. Freeze several hours or overnight. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes before serving. Scrape and shave granita with a fork or ice cream scoop. Serve immediately.                              | 
                         
                         
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