Sour watermelon and mint granita recipe
Sit back and stay cool this summer, with this Italian-inspired frozen dessert. Made with a refreshing blend of watermelon, mint, lime and pomegranate, it's so easy to make at home. All you need you is a freezer-proof bowl to get you started.
See method- Serves 8
- 15 mins to prepare and 5 mins to cook, plus cooling and freezing
- 101 calories / serving
- Freezable
- Vegetarian
- Healthy
Ingredients
- 3 limes, juiced, plus extra to taste
- 75g golden caster sugar
- 6 fresh mint sprigs, plus extra sprigs, to serve
- 1.2kg watermelon, cubed
- 300ml pomegranate juice
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- Energy
- 430kJ 101.0kcal
- Fat
- 1g
- Saturates
- 0g
- Salt
- 0.0g
- Sugars
- 25g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 25.0gProtein 0.9gFibre 0.0g
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- Put the lime juice, sugar and mint sprigs in a pan. Warm over a low heat, stirring continuously, until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool completely. Discard the mint.
- In a blender, whizz the watermelon until the fruit has broken down.
- Using a spatula, push the watermelon mixture through a fine sieve into a freezer-proof bowl. Discard the pips left in the sieve.
- Add the pomegranate juice and the lime juice, to taste. Cover the bowl and freeze for 4-5 hrs, raking with a fork every hour to break up and disperse the ice crystals. The mixture should resemble slushy ice.
- To serve, spoon the mixture into glasses or ramekins and garnish with the extra mint sprigs.
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