Watermelon Granita

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 97.0
  • Total Fat: 0.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 3.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 23.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
  • Protein: 0.9 g

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Introduction

So simple, so refreshing, so delicious. So simple, so refreshing, so delicious.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    8 cups of very ripe juicy diced watermelon
    half a cup of granulated sugar
    one cup of warm water
    1 tbsp lemon juice

Directions

Push the cubed watermelon through a sieve to remove the seeds and create a watermelon puree.
Place the water, sugar and lemon juice into a pan and cook over a low heat stirring gently, once the sugar crystals have disolved increase the heat and boil for two minutes.
Put the sugar and lemon syrup in a bowl, add the watermelon puree, stir until fully mixed.
Pour into a freezer container and freeze for two hours (fast freeze setting).
To serve use a fork to scrape the granita into ice crystals and pile into eight serving bowls.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SHELLEYBART.