Watermelon Granita

Serves: 3

Luisa Champlin

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

46

Spice

49

Sweetness

34

Sourness

43

mins

Prep time (avg)

6.5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

3 cup

Sugar

1 cup

Water

3 tbsps

Lemon Juice

Directions:

1

Place watermelon chunks in blender and blend briefly to coarse puree

2

Measure sieved puree; it should have yielded 3 cups

3

Combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil

4

Lower heat and simmer 1 minute

5

Let cool completely and combine with watermelon puree and lemon juice

6

Pour mixture in 8x12 metal pan and place in refrigerator

7

When completely chilled, cover pan, move to freezer and freeze 30 minutes

8

Stir mixture with fork, scraping down sides well to loosen ice crystals that have formed

9

Freeze another 30 minutes and repeat scraping and stirring

10

Repeat several times, or for a total of 23 hours, until mixture ice evenly icy and crystalled throughout

11

Serve within 68 hours