Watermelon Shaved Ice

Name: Watermelon Shaved Ice
Prep time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: 1 watermelon; 1/4 cup sugar; 2 tbsp lime juice

4 steps

Prep:3h

A super easy and refreshing way to serve watermelon to cool off this summer.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:31:00 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories189.5 kcal (9%)

Total Fat0.8 g (1%)

Carbs48 g (18%)

Sugars40.6 g (45%)

Protein3.2 g (6%)

Sodium5.4 mg (0%)

Fiber2.1 g (8%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

1watermelon

¼ cupsugar

2 Tbsplime juice

Instructions

Step 1

Cut the watermelon in half and scoop out the top later of flesh with a melon baller.

watermelon1

Step 2

Scrape out the remaining flesh of the watermelon half and blend with sugar and lime juice. You may need to adjust for taste depending on the size of your watermelon. The sugar here is mostly for texture to make a smooth shaved ice and the lime juice balances the extra sweetness.

sugar¼ cup

lime juice2 Tbsp

Step 3

Strain the blended watermelon juice into a container and freeze until solid. Repeat with the other watermelon half.

Step 4

Use a fork to make shaved ice from the frozen watermelon juice. Plate up in your watermelon bowl with the watermelon spheres and garnish with whatever you like.