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Watermelon Granita

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
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!)