MELON AND PINYA GULAMAN

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 2 minutes

Serves: 5 medium size glasses

2 ½ cups diced fresh pineapple

2 ½ cups diced ripe cantaloupe

1½ cup simple syrup (recipe below)

Juice of ½ lime

5 cups of ice cubes

1 can black gulaman, diced

Combine all ingredients in a heavy duty blender except gulaman and press “crush” until mixture is smooth. Add the diced gulaman and additional ice cubes if desired. Serve right away.

Simple syrup

Yields: 1 ½ cups

1 cup water

1 cup granulated sugar

Combine water and sugar in a small sauce pot and bring to boil @ 2 minutes. Remove from stove. Cool down completely before mixing with the fruits.