Watermelon Granita
Updated Feb. 28, 2024
- Total Time
- 2 hours 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1pound watermelon
- 2tablespoons sugar
- 2tablespoons lemon juice
Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)
30 calories; 0 grams fat; 0 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 0 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 8 grams carbohydrates; 0 grams dietary fiber; 7 grams sugars; 0 grams protein; 1 milligram sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Cut about 1 pound watermelon into small chunks (discarding the rind), and freeze them. When they’re frozen, put them in a blender with 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons lemon juice, and blend until the mixture liquefies. Pour the mixture into a shallow glass or ceramic pan, and freeze for about 2 hours, breaking up the ice crystals with a fork every 30 minutes or so. It should be slushy and crunchy.
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I often make a smoothy like this with lime instead of lemon. Lime is perfect with watermelon!
We did not add the sugar, and it still tasted great.
Made a cubed watermelon salad with lime and mint and olive oil and pepper flakes and way overestimated how much my gang would eat. So I tossed the leftovers in the freezer and then pulled them out a week later to make this granita. I feel like a leftovers genius! The mint was a nice addition to the granita and the olive oil and pepper flakes were unnoticeable. So from here on out, I'll double the watermelon salad and know that I've got a future dessert in the bag. Yay!
Tossed in a few mint leaves and replaced the refined sugar with a bit of jaggery. Delicious and refreshing!
Agree on not adding the sugar. Add mint leaves, by all means but the sugar? Just no.
In a Vitamix the frozen cubes of watermelon did not liquefy. They just seized up without enough water to keep things moving. I would modify it next time to accommodate the need for liquid in a high-speed blender. It came out crunchy and icy like a snow cone but not slushy.
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