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. 

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 9x9 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. 

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 4 -6

Calories: 85kcal

Author: Kristen Chidsey

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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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.

Equipment Needed

• Blender
• fine mesh strainer

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. 

Nutrition

Calories: 85kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 1g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 204mg | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 950IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 0.5mg

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