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Watermelon Granita
Prep Time
10
minutes
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Cook Time
10
minutes
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Total Time
20
minutes
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Course:
Drink
Cuisine:
American
Author:
Kelsey Nixon
Ingredients
1/4
cup
fresh lime juice
6
cups
roughly chopped seedless watermelon
about 2 pounds
1/2
cup
sugar
1
lime
zested
1
2-inch piece ginger divided
Fleur de sel
for garnish (I used regular sea salt - it was delightful)
Instructions
For the ginger: , 1-inch cut into coins, 1-inch peeled and grated (I used my Gourmet Garden ginger instead - about 1/2 tsp)
In a blender, blend the lime juice and watermelon together, creating watermelon water.
Strain the liquid through a fine mesh strainer to remove any seeds.
Place 1/2 cup of the watermelon water into a saucepan and add the sugar, lime zest and ginger.
Bring the mixture to a simmer to dissolve the sugar and infuse the liquid with the ginger and lime flavor.
Set aside to cool.
Add the grated ginger to the remaining watermelon water.
Once the syrup is cool, remove the ginger coins and mix into the watermelon water.
Pour the mixture into a 9 by 13-inch glass baking dish.
Place the dish into the freezer to chill.
Every 30 minutes, scrape the mixture with a fork to break up the ice crystals and to keep it light and fluffy.
Continue scraping every 30 minutes for at least 2 hours.
Scrape the granita into elegant glasses and sprinkle with fleur de sel.(Or don't!)