Watermelon Granita, a 3-ingredient, ultra delicious and easiest frozen dessert you can make!
Have you ever craved for something frozen and divine to enjoy after your dinner or even as a healthy snack? Do you need something fresh, fruity and a totally vegan, gluten free and dairy free alternative to ice creams? Then look no further! I have just the thing for you….an easy to make watermelon granita with just 3 ingredients! Yes, just 3 ingredients – watermelon (duh!!), sugar and lemon/lime juice (optional, but adds a lovely tang)!
Although summer is almost over, no one can stop me from having a frozen, brain-freezing dessert! So, when we got a huge watermelon recently, a granita it was! Using just any fruit, you can make a lovely and easy granita in a jiffy! No churning, no beating, no cooking and no baking!!
WHAT IS A “GRANITA”
Granita is a semi-frozen Italian dessert using fruits, sugar and any other flavoring you prefer. Fruit juice and sugar are blended well and frozen (with added flavors if needed) and flaked with a fork into icy, crunchy, melt-in-your-mouth shavings of fruity ice! Kinda like the street food “Ice Gola” we get in India with different fruit juices/syrups slathered over crushed ice balls!
WHAT FLAVORS OF GRANITA CAN YOU MAKE
You can make these in any flavor you choose, like lemon, watermelon, mango, pineapple or any juicy fruit of your choice; even berries!
WHAT IS THE ADDED SWEETENER
To get the perfect crunchy, flaky, melt-in-your mouth texture, sugar is the only preferred sweetener (no honey or maple syrup please; some science involved here!) Just add the required amount of sugar and blend with the juice. Or, you can add prepared sugar syrup. I always have sugar syrup in my refrigerator to add to different drinks like fresh lime soda! You can make your own syrup; it is very easy. Just melt sugar and water (1:1 ratio) until the sugar has just melted. Remove from heat and cool. Use this in any dessert, drink etc. This can be stored for a few weeks in the fridge. The amount of sugar syrup depends upon the sweetness of the fruit used. But the general ratio to add is about 25% or 3 tablespoons of syrup to 1 cup of liquid. If you add more syrup, the granita tends to get too “icy”.
Just mix the juice, syrup and lime/lemon juice if you like and freeze! Just scrape with a fork every 30 minutes to an hour to form icy crystals and continue until the whole pan is filled with crunchy, glistening fruit crystals!
Serve frozen, crunchy, icy, fruity, melt-in-your-mouth, vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, 3-Ingredient Watermelon Granita as a fancy dessert at any party or a fun fruity snack for adults and kids alike! Enjoy and Happy Freezing!
If you love frozen desserts like this, be sure to check out: Mango Sorbet Mocha Almond Fudge Ice Cream No-Churn Pineapple Ice Cream and many more like this on the blog! Now, let’s freeze some granita!!!!
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4 cups chopped watermelon (about 3 cups juice) 1 cup sugar syrup (less or more depending upon how sweet the watermelon is) ½ lemon/lime FOR THE SUGAR SYRUP: 1 cup sugar 1 cup water GARNISH: Mint leaves (optional)
Instructions Notes Use the same procedure to make a variety of fruity granitas; vegan, dairy free, gluten free, paleo and eggless!! Linking this to: Angie’s FiestaFriday along with cohosts Liz and Deb. If you like my posts and recipes, do not forget to Pin, Share, comment in the box below or like my Facebook page Don’t forget to follow me on: Facebook @ curryandvanilla Pinterest @ curryandvanilla Instagram @ curryandvanilla16 Twitter @ curryandvanilla Google Plus @ Vanitha Bhat Have fun cooking, eating and sharing!!!!
