July 1, 2023
Summer Watermelon Ice
This sweet frosty snack is a perfect cool and refreshing snack on hot summer days. It’s fun making this healthy icy treat for your family especially if you and your kids enjoy snow cones! Who wouldn’t want a snow cone at your next summer celebration?
Watermelon Raspberry Ice
Ingredients
- 5 cups watermelon seeded and cubed
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- 1 lime zest
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 3 tbsp sugar (optional)
- mint leaves for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Remove rind from watermelon, cut into 2-inch chunks.
- In a blender, add the watermelon, raspberries, sweetener, and lemon juice. Purée in batches until smooth.
- Strain through a fine sieve into a large baking pan, pressing down to extract as much juice as possible.
- With a spatula smooth mixture. Cover.
- Freeze for up to 4 hours or overnight.
- Stir or scrape mixture with a fork after an hour to break up the forming ice crystals, until firm but not completely frozen.
- Return to the freezer. Repeat in another hour.
- It should be ready to serve between the fourth or six hour. The freezing time will depend on the size of the container you use.
- To serve, scrape with a fork and spoon into small chilled glasses.
- Garnish with the mint and serve.
Notes
Recipe Corner
About Raspberries: According to Kitchn’s, Kelly Foster, these sweet berries are particularly fragile, with thin skin that easily soaks up liquid, making them more prone to mold and spoilage. Foster, suggests the best way to keep them fresh and extend their shelf life even longer is to wash just before eating, and no sooner.
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