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

Watermelon Cucumber Juice

Watermelon Ice Cream

Watermelon Lemonade - Blended

Watermelon-Carrot Juice

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.