Granita is a frozen drink that is stirred with a fork or spoon as it cools. There are recipes for both alcoholic granite and non-alcoholic granite. In our case, the granite will be watermelon with the addition of gin.
It is necessary
- For eight servings:
- - 3 kg of watermelon;
- - 200 ml of gin;
- - 200 ml of water;
- - 200 g of sugar;
- - 4 limes.
Instructions
Step 1
Pour water into a saucepan, put sugar, heat the mixture. Simmer the syrup over low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then bring to a boil, simmer for five minutes.
Step 2
Add the juice of 4 limes to a saucepan, stir, and leave to cool.
Step 3
Cut the flesh of the watermelon into pieces, remove the seeds. Place in a food processor, grind with 100 ml gin. Add the chilled syrup, turn everything in the food processor again. Pour the drink into a container, put it in the freezer for 2 hours.
Step 4
Remove the frozen drink from the freezer, break the ice crystals with a fork. Put it back in the freezer, let it set completely.
Step 5
Fill the resulting watermelon granite with the rest of the gin. Serve with chunks of fresh lime and any cookies. You can decorate the glasses in which you will serve the drink with pieces of watermelon pulp by placing them on the edge of the glass.
