Pink Lemonade Granita
It dawned on me this weekend that Summer was rapidly heading towards an end. For someone who thrives in the sun and withers in the cold, this was made even sadder with the fact that it’s been rare to experience a true Summer day this season with massive stretches of nothing but rain. I decided to really enjoy the fruits of Summer in these last few remaining days and celebrate with my favorite way…through food. In lieu of my regular weekend posts, I bring to you the first of my Summer series. I hope you enjoy
httpv://youtu.be/LHOxdJENmK4
- 5-8 lemons (to produce 1 c fresh lemon juice)
- ½ c maraschino cherries
- 4 c cold filtered water
- 1 c sugar/honey
- optional: mint/thyme/basil and lemon shells
- Blend lemons, cherries (and herbs if using).
- Strain and add sweetener. Stir in water.
- Pour into a deep pan (this allows the granita to freeze faster).
- Freeze for about 1 hour and scrape the ice crystals with the tines of your fork.
- Every 30 minutes to an hour, continue to scrape.
- It should be ready in about 4-5 hours.
- Serve in hollowed out frozen lemons if you desire.
Hope everyone enjoyed their weekends, more Summer treats to come!
Love,
Your not-ready-for-Summer-to-be-over,
Squishy Monster ^.~
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This has been a weird summer, super hot or cold for a while. But hang in there, we still have some summer left. Love this granita and to cute served in the lemon.
gahhhh summer don’t leave!
What a lovely, cool refreshing summer treat Angie! A must try! I love the freezing of the lemon shell! Great idea! Thank you and have a lovely day!!
Love.
Les.
Loving this, Angela! It looks gorgeous and refreshing.
I love granita and this one sounds especially good! Lemonade is one of my all-time favorite drinks! Thanks for sharing and please drag out summer for as long as you want. I’m totally a summer gal too!
Summer is too short. You’re having a great idea, we have to celebrate it till it’s around.
With the wacky weather we have had so far, perhaps we will have a long, long summer.
Spare a thought for us here in the southern hemisphere! I can’t WAIT for Spring to start!
It’s just starting to rain again for the umpteenth time as I clicked on your post! We had such a drought last year that I have to be thankful for the rain, though also am a bit sad that I haven’t got to have a single swimming weekend because of it. Though I do hold onto hope that I’ll get one! It stays pretty hot even through September here usually. Anyway, this granita is the perfect way to celebrate any of the remaining summer days – so refreshing!
Summer definitely needs a bit of pink lemonade in it, for good measure. These granitas are so much fun!
It snowed here that weekend! Love the summer recipe Squishy
Here’s to hoping!
I find myself singing the rain rain go away song.
You looked so happy in the pool, I believe it! Can’t we just be beach bumstogether for the rest of the year at least?
Thanks, Nik!
Thank you Les, you too!!
I feel like we were so cheated this year!
I hope so.
Hi Angela, wow.. .I sure love this, look very refreshing and delightful. Mind to share some with me?
No lemons here, but I bet you could substitute orange shells and they’d work fine too.
This looks awesome!
Your video looks awesome! Going to make this soon!
I hope you love it!
Thanks so much, Asmita!
and a grapefruit if you’re feeling extra greedy =)
For you? Always.
That means snow cream!! =)
Thanks so much, Jo!
It’s rained all week here…won’t you join me in the rain rain go away song, V? =)
Wish we were just going into Spring, lol
Summer is over…:-( It was COLD in the early mornings and my husband went to work last days with winter clothes…well, that doesn’t stop me from eating ice cream at all. Your lemonade granita looks great!
Love to hear it! I love ice cream when it’s cold out too!
Granita served in fresh lemons! What a clever idea. It looks elegant and so refreshing!
I ate the lemon shells too (just kidding) =)