Watermelon Granita (summer dessert)

Ingredients

• Watermelon granita (summer dessert)
• Serves: 4
• Ingredients:
• 3.5 lb seedless watermelon, rind sliced off and coarsely chopped
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 2 tsp fresh lime juice

Instructions

1. Instructions:
2. Place sugar in a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan and pour a cup of cold water into it.
3. Cook over slow flame for 4 minutes, stirring often, until the sugar dissolves completely.
4. Throw in the watermelon chunks and bring the mixture to a boil over high heat.
5. Reduce it back to a simmer and continue to cook likewise for 5 minutes.
6. Turn off the heat and keep aside for 10 minutes to allow the flavors to mature.
7. Tip the mixture into a food processor and blitz into a smooth puree.
8. Pass it through a fine mesh sieve into a large jug and get rid of the solids.
9. Splash in little lime juice and stir into the strained mixture to mix well.
10. Transfer the mixture into a slice pan with the base of 18cmx28 cm.
11. Leave in the freezer for at least 3 hours or until set and break the frozen mixture with a fork into smaller ice crystals.
12. Wrap the surface of the pan with a piece of aluminum foil and return it back into the freezer for another 4 hours.
13. Make sure to tease the mixture as instructed above, every hour to attain the ideal grainy texture a perfect granita.
14. Spoon heaping tbsps of granita into serving bowls and place a sprig of basil to garnish.
15. Serve chilled and beat the heat!
16. Image credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/40878536@N08/5893349730/

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