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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Watermelon Granita




Granitas are the perfect summertime treat.  They’re usually made from fruit juices, but this one is made with the whole fruit.  Watermelon is 96% water content, so it works perfectly in this treat.


Watermelon Granita 

Equipment: Blender, 13 x 9 inch Baking Pan, Fork

·      3 cups organic watermelon chunks (fresh or frozen)
·      1 cup filtered water
·      ¼ cup raw honey (I use local creamed clover)
·      Juice of half an organic lemon

1.    Wash watermelon.  Cut in half, chunk and remove seeds (if you have a seeded watermelon). 

2.   Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.*  [Note: If you don’t have a high speed blender, I don’t, it will not blend as fast, you will have to pulse several times before everything incorporates.]
 
Note: I used frozen watermelon, so it's more slushy here.

3.   Pour mixture into a 13 x 9 inch baking pan, cover and place into freezer.


4.   Every 20 minutes or so, take the pan out of the freezer and scrape the mixture with a fork (this breaks up the liquid and eventually turns to slushy/”snowcone” ice texture).  Put back into the freezer and repeat until all the liquid is frozen (this will take several hours).


5.    Serve when frozen.  Enjoy!



Yield: About 6-8 servings

* I used frozen watermelon (when I get a huge watermelon, I freeze the flesh so it stays fresh longer).  This will speed up the process of freezing, but it’s not necessary. 

Tip: Ever buy a mushy/mealy, not very sweet watermelon?  Don’t throw that watermelon away!  This is the perfect recipe to use up that watermelon.  Just chunk and deseed the watermelon and add to freezer bags or freezer containers and save for later.  


OTHER WAYS TO ENJOY WATERMELON





Summer Sangria w/ Watermelon Juice


This post is part of Melt in Your Mouth Monday @ Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms, Homestead Barn Hop @ The Prairie Homestead, Fat Tuesday @ Real Food Forager, Hearth and Soul Hop @ Premeditated Leftovers, Real Food Wednesday @ Kelly the Kitchen Kop, Allergy Free Wednesdays @ The Tasty Alternative, Healthy 2day Wednesdays @ day2day joys, Simple Lives Thursday @ My Humble Kitchen, Pennywise Platter Thursday @ The Nourishing Gourmet, and Full Plate Thursday @ Miz Helen's Country Cottage.

7 comments:

  1. Gorgeous recipe!! I am sooo making this. My kids would flip. Love it.

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  2. Hi Emily

    JUST found your blog and I just have to tell you how excited I am to try your recipes - so inspiringly healthful yet accessible too!

    I've been sitting here, exclaiming to my husband... "Oh, she had homebirths too!" ... "Oh, her daughter goes to a Steiner school too!"

    Love what you're contributing to the cyber world, thank you so much!

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    1. Aww thank you! So happy you found it, welcome. I love homebirths and Waldorf :)

      Take care.

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  3. YUM! Thanks for sharing! Featuring you as an H2W favorite this week!

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  4. Hi Emily,
    I love watermelon and this is a great collection of watermelon treats that I can't wait to try. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope you have a great week!

    Miz Helen

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  5. Congratulations!
    Your recipe is featured on Full Plate Thursday this week. Enjoy your new Red Plate and have a wonderful weekend!
    Miz Helen

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