Watermelon Granita

Name: Watermelon Granita
Ingredients: 4 pounds watermelon, peeled, chunked and seeded to yield about 4-5 cups flesh; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 cup water; 3 tablespoons lemon juice

4 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

4 pounds watermelon, peeled, chunked and seeded to yield about 4-5 cups flesh
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup water
3 tablespoons lemon juice

Directions

1

Place watermelon chunks in blender and blend briefly to coarse puree.
2

Measure sieved puree; it should have yielded 3 cups.
3

Combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil.
4

Lower heat and simmer 1 minute.
5

Let cool completely and combine with watermelon puree and lemon juice.
6

Pour mixture in 8x12 metal pan and place in refrigerator.
7

When completely chilled, cover pan, move to freezer and freeze 30 minutes.
8

Stir mixture with fork, scraping down sides well to loosen ice crystals that have formed.
9

Freeze another 30 minutes and repeat scraping and stirring.
10

Repeat several times, or for a total of 23 hours, until mixture ice evenly icy and crystalled throughout.
11

Serve within 68 hours.