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Creamy Melon Granita - An easier (and more delicious) way to make granita!

Granitas are perfect refreshing summertime desserts – and they are a delicious way to enjoy summer’s abundance of melon and other fruits!

Our Creamy Melon Granita is also one of the easiest ways to make a granita! While most granita recipes require you to frequently scrape the mixture with a fork during the freezing process to get a shaved ice texture – this recipe is so much simpler!

Instead of using sugar like most granita recipes do, we’ve added sweetened condensed milk to the pureed melon which helps sweeten this wonderful dessert – as well as giving it a slightly creamier consistency that doesn’t need the constant scraping during the freezing process. (We used a fat-free sweetened condensed milk to make this granita a little on the lighter side too!)

Just freeze the melon puree, and once it has hardened, scrape the mixture with a fork to create your sweet, flavorful shaved ice! Scoop or spoon the creamy melon granita into your serving dish – and this delicious summer dessert is ready!

We used a mix of cantaloupe and watermelon for the recipe shown here – but you can follow this recipe using any melon you choose.

Adapted from Martha Stewart.

Creamy Melon Granita

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Author: A Family Feast
Prep Time: 4 hours 5 mins
Total Time: 4 hours 5 minutes
Yield: 6 servings 1x
Category: Dessert
Method: Freezer
Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

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2 cups cantaloupe, cut into large chunks
4 cups seedless watermelon, cut into large chunks
1/3 cup non-fat sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup lemon or lime juice (we used a mix of the two in our recipe)
1/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt

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Instructions

Combine all ingredients in the bowl of a food processor (or blender) and process until completely pureed.
Pour the puree into a flat baking dish (8×8-inches or 12×7-inches). Freeze until firm. (At this point, you can also put your serving dishes into the refrigerator to chill if you’d like.)
Right before serving, scrape the frozen granita with a fork until you have a bowl of shaved ice.
Spoon or scoop into bowls and serve immediately.

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