Name: Watermelon Granita
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 4 cups Seedless Watermelon (Cut Into Chunks); 2 whole Limes (juiced and zested); 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup; 8 fresh mint leaves; 1 tablespoons sugar; dash sea salt

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Nothing beats a homemade granita on a hot summer day! This recipe for Watermelon Granita with Mint Lime Sugar is a healthy, refreshing dessert.

There is nothing more refreshing than an icy, frozen treat on a hot summer day.

Granitas always hits the spot and are super easy to make at home.

One of my favorite granitas is this Watermelon Granita.

Watermelon Granita

A granita is a semi-frozen dessert that is typically made with water, sugars and flavorings or some sort.

Instead of using water, I love to make my granita with Watermelon juice–which is oh so refreshing.

The watermelon granita alone, is a perfect light frozen dessert, but when finished with a mint lime sugar, this easy granita recipe turns into something spectacular.

Ingredients

Fresh Watermelon
Fresh Limes
Honey–feel free to use simple syrup or maple syrup in place of honey
Mint–for optional topping
Sugar–for optional topping

How to Make Watermelon Granitas

Step One: Blend up Watermelon

Place watermelon chunks, lime juice and honey in blender.
Blend until smooth.

Step Two: Strain Juice

Place a fine mesh strainer over a shallow freezer safe dish.– (I use a 9×9 square baking pan.)
Pour the blended watermelon through the mesh sieve, to remove any seeds or chunks from your finished granita.

Step Three: Freeze Granita

Cover your dish.
Place the mixture to the freezer for 2-3 hours.
- You can wait until the granita is frozen solid to do any scraping, but that is much more of a workout than just scraping every hour or so.

Step Four: Scrape Granitas

After 2-3 hours, remove granita from freezer.
Using a fork, scrape the mixture.
Once you get to the less frozen parts, stop scraping and return to the freezer for at least 2 more hours.
Repeat process up to three times.

Step Five: Make Mint Sugar

Mix together fresh lime zest, freshly minced mint, and sugar together with a dash of a salt.
This mint sugar is optional but elevates this simple watermelon granita into something spectacular!

Step Six: Serve Granita

Scoop up the watermelon granita into serving bowls and sprinkle with the mint lime sugar.
Granita will stay in the beautiful icy consistency as long as you like in the freezer–no need to rush and eat all at once.

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Watermelon Granita

Nothing beats a homemade granita on a hot summer day! This recipe for Watermelon Granita with Mint Lime Sugar is a healthy, refreshing dessert.

5 from 4 votes

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings: -6

Calories: 85kcal

Author: Kristen Chidsey

Ingredients

4 cups Seedless Watermelon Cut Into Chunks4 cups Seedless Watermelon Cut Into Chunks
2 whole Limes juiced and zested2 whole Limes juiced and zested
2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
8 fresh mint leaves8 fresh mint leaves
1 tablespoons sugar1 tablespoons sugar
dash sea saltdash sea salt

Instructions

Watermelon Granita

Place watermelon, lime juice, and honey in the blender and blend well.
Using a fine mesh strainer, strain into 9x9 freezer safe container.
Freeze the watermelon juice for two or three hours, then begin the process of lightly scraping the top frozen layer with a fork. Return pan to freezer with the shaved ice on top; remove a couple of hours later and continue scraping. Repeat the occasional scraping process until the entire mixture is shaved.

Mint Lime Sugar

Mince the lime zest and mint leaves very finely. Toss with the sugar and a dash of salt.
Scoop out granita into serving dish and sprinkle with a teaspoon of Mint Lime Sugar.

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Notes

Be sure to use maple syrup and omit serving with mint lime sugar to keep these granitas a paleo snack.

By using maple syrup in place of honey, this also becomes a vegan dessert.

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Watermelon Granita

Watermelon Granita

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