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Watermelon Granita Recipe

When you need to cool the summer down or brownies would be too heavy try a little homemade granita. You can make granita with practically any liquid but I LOVE...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,332 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓

Watermelon Granita Recipe

enough for 6 from the average melon

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

106Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
28 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Watermelon1 cup diced (152g)46
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lime + sugartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs