Give everything a whirl for about 30 60 seconds.
Watermelon granita italian ice.
If your watermelon is really sweet to begin with you may want to cut back on the sugar syrup.
Strain through a fine mesh sieve into a 13x9 baking dish.
Combine all ingredients in a food processor.
The melon flavor really shines.
This frozen dessert sometimes referred to as granita is simply flavored ice crystals.
But when i looked up the qualifications of a granita i discovered that those are actually made from crushed ice syrup and flavourings.
Put the watermelon into a blender and puree to get about.
This melt in your fruit ice dessert is semi frozen and made of watermelon sugar mint leaves lemon juice.
The origin of the granita recipe is from sicily and is widely popular in italy and available in different variations throughout.
It is a close cousin to sorbet although it has a rougher texture with some books describing it as having a granular type texture.
Watermelon granita italian ice.
What makes this an italian ice.
Rake mixture with fork and freeze for another hour.
Pour into a shallow wide pan and freeze for 1 hour.
Pour mixture into a baking pan.
Sicilians figured out a long time ago that combining water sugar and lemons creates a refreshing summer dessert granita al limone or if you prefer lemon ice.
The ratio is 1 1 so if you want to cut it back to 1 4 cup sugar you ll also want to make the water 1 4 cup.
It never clumps up or crystallizes or wigs out or messes up or has an existential crisis.
The great thing about granita is that the light scraped ice on top stays perfectly frozen in the freezer.
Purée watermelon lime juice sugar and salt in a blender until smooth.
The motivation behind this creating this watermelon italian ice was for a watermelon recipe contest.
To fresh watermelon rind removed sliced and cut into cubes cup sugar 1 slice of lime squeezed instructions.
However there are so many variations in the making of granita from different fruits and other flavoring agents.
That s not at all what this recipe is.
Granita is a semi frozen liquid made from sugar water and ice with various flavorings added.
The simple mention of italian ice recipes probably elicits visions of lemons and rightly so.
Freeze watermelon mixture until edges begin to.
Place all ingredients in a blender.
Jul 18 2011 a cool refreshing treat for the unbearably hot months of summer.