Fruit ice is a salvation in the heat. This delicious and low-calorie ice cream is loved by both adults and children. One type of refreshing ice is watermelon fruit ice. It is not difficult to make it at home, while a self-prepared delicacy will be many times more useful than a purchased one.
Homemade watermelon ice cream can be made using several recipes. While the melon season is on, it is easy to make popsicles from ripe striped berries using this method:
· Take 4 tbsp. watermelon pulp, peeled.
· Cut the watermelon into small pieces and grind in a blender.
· Mix ½ tbsp. water with ½ tbsp. sugar, heat the mass in a small saucepan until the sugar is completely dissolved.
· Add 2 tbsp to sugar water. l. lemon juice.
· Mix the sugar syrup and watermelon puree thoroughly.
· Divide the mixture into tins and insert ice cream sticks into the containers. Place homemade ice cream in the freezer until freezing.
Before using watermelon fruit ice, it is enough to dip the molds in hot water for a few seconds, so it will be easier to remove the dessert from the containers.
You can make ice pops with gelatin from watermelon at home. If you don't know how to make such a cold treat, follow the instructions:
· Pour 6 g of gelatin 3 tbsp. l. cold water, leave for 30 minutes. for swelling;
· Mix 350 ml of water with 300 g of sugar, bring the syrup to a boil in a saucepan. Pour the dissolved gelatin into the mass, mix well. Stirring constantly, boil the syrup for another 3 minutes.
· Add 250 g of seedless watermelon pulp passed through a blender to the sugar syrup with gelatin.
· After thoroughly mixing, strain the mixture through cheesecloth and, after cooling, add lemon juice to it to taste.
· Pour watermelon popsicles into molds, insert sticks and leave to freeze in the freezer.
For those with a sweet tooth, a recipe for making ice from watermelon with chocolate at home will be a godsend:
Chill 400 g of watermelon pulp, add 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice and grind in a blender.
· Finely chop 80 g of dark chocolate and add to the puree. Stir the ingredients well and arrange the homemade ice cream into the molds.
· You can decorate the ice with chocolate icing, for this it is worth remembering how to make a delicious dessert. After the ice cream has solidified, melt the chocolate, remove the popsicles from the watermelon from the molds and dip it into the slightly cooled icing.
