How To Make Watermelon Lime Granita
Create a refreshing and boozy-version of a watermelon slushie with this lime granita recipe. It’s sharp, tangy taste is added with a warm kick from the rum.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4½cupscubed seedless watermelon
- 1lime,juiced
- ⅔cupwhite rum
- 2tbspsugar
- 6small watermelon wedges,for garnish
- mint leaves,for garnish
Instructions
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Place the watermelon, lime juice, rum, and sugar in a blender and process until smooth, then pour the puree into a 9×9-inch metal baking pan.
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Freeze for about 1½ hours, then using a fork, give it a good scrape to mix everything around.
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Return the pan to the freezer and freeze until almost set, for about 1 to 2 hours. Use a fork to scrape the granita to form chunky snow-like ice crystals.
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Freeze and repeat occasional scraping until the entire mixture is frozen and shaved.
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Serve in martini glasses and garnish with watermelon wedges and mint.
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Store, covered in plastic wrap, until ready to serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 175.97kcal
- Fat: 0.52g
- Saturated Fat: 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.12g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.17g
- Carbohydrates: 30.26g
- Fiber: 1.63g
- Sugar: 24.81g
- Protein: 2.09g
- Sodium: 3.81mg
- Calcium: 26.83mg
- Potassium: 381.57mg
- Iron: 0.89mg
- Vitamin A: 92.62µg
- Vitamin C: 29.98mg
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