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Georgia Watermelon Ice

A chilled dessert made from watermelon pulp, juice, and sugar, frozen into a soft, snow-like consistency.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Georgia Watermelon Ice

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the mixture

  1. Cut the watermelon in half and scoop out the red flesh, removing all seeds.

  2. Combine the pulp and the juice that collects in each half in a bowl.

  3. Add 1 cup of granulated sugar and mix well.

Freeze and serve

  1. Pack the mixture into a freezer.

  2. Churn for a few minutes until it resembles soft snow.

  3. Serve immediately.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Watermelon
Provides the main fruit flavour and the liquid that freezes into the icy texture.
Granulated sugar
Adds sweetness and lowers the freezing point, keeping the ice softer and scoopable.

The step that matters

Churn until it resembles soft snow. Churning breaks up ice crystals as the mixture freezes, so stopping too early leaves a hard, icy block while churning too long can make it grainy.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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