Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, watermelon granita. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Watermelon Granita is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Watermelon Granita is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Place half the watermelon, half the lime juice, and half the sugar in a blender. Process until smooth, then pour into a separate bowl. Combine all ingredients in a food processor.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have watermelon granita using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Watermelon Granita:
- Prepare chopped watermelon (about 3 cups juice)
- Take sugar syrup (less or more depending upon how sweet the watermelon is)
- Prepare lemon/lime
- Prepare THE SUGAR SYRUP:
- Make ready sugar
- Prepare water
- Get GARNISH:
- Get Mint leaves (optional)
Stir, mashing any frozen parts with the back of a fork. Watermelon Granita: The Origin of the Granita Recipe is from Sicily and is widely popular in Italy and available in different variations throughout. This melt in your fruit ice dessert is semi-frozen and made of watermelon, sugar, mint leaves, lemon juice. However, there are so many variations in the making of granita from different fruits and other flavoring agents!
Instructions to make Watermelon Granita:
- TO MAKE THE SUGAR SYRUP: Just melt sugar and water (1:1 ratio) until the sugar has just melted. Remove from heat and cool. Use this in any dessert, drink etc. This can be stored for a few weeks in the fridge.
- Chop, deseed and blend watermelon cubes to make about 3 cups juice. - Stir in sugar syrup; start with ½ cup and keep adding more to get the right sweetness. The watermelon I used was not too sweet, so I had to add 1 cup of syrup.
- Add juice of half lemon or lime and mix well. - Pour the mixture into a wide glass/metal pan and place in the freezer to set for about 30 minutes to an hour. If needed, cover with a plastic wrap. This process is faster in a metal pan, so do check after 30 minutes if using metal
- After some time, you will start to see the edges and top freezing. Scrape this with a fork and mixing well into the rest of the mixture. Freeze and scrape again.
- Repeat the process of scraping the frozen portion every few hours or even less (depending upon freezer temperature) until all the mixture is scraped and the whole mixture is frozen and flaky. The idea is to prevent ice crystals from forming.
- Once ready to serve, scoop out the portion you want into a chilled serving glass/bowl. - Garnish with mint to make it fancy and pretty and serve! - Enjoy!
- Notes- - Store leftovers in the pan, covered in the freeze; you can make this 3 days ahead. Scrape again before serving. - Use the same procedure to make a variety of fruity granitas; vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, paleo and eggless!!
For a fun presentation, serve the granita in unbreakable stemmed beverage glasses. A granita is an ice dessert made of a combination of water, sugar and liquid flavoring. The texture will be grainier than a sorbet–very similar to a slush. Cut off the watermelon rind, then chop the flesh into chunks, picking out any seeds. Roughly chop the ginger and place in a large sealable freezer bag with the watermelon chunks.
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