Watermelon-Moscato Slush

Watermelon-Moscato Slush is i of our favorite summertime treats.  Just pick out grip of a large juicy watermelon together with unopen to semi-sweet white vino to whip upwardly this refreshingly delicious summertime fun!

I honey hence many things nearly summer.  Outdoor cooking ... Concerts inward the commons ... quaternary of July fireworks ... Trips to the beach or the lake ... Back-yard gatherings ... There are ever hence many fun adventures to move had!

Know what else I honey nearly summer?  Watermelon.

Yes, it's i of my favorite summertime treats.

Oh, together with I honey sipping refreshing, crisp, light-bodied wines ... they're simply perfect for helping trounce the summertime heat, too.

Just pick out grip of a large juicy watermelon together with unopen to semi-sweet white vino to whip upwardly this refreshingly delicious summertime fun!

And hence I had a crazy persuasion ... i of those totally  brilliantly crazy ideas.  How nearly putting watermelon together with vino together?  Wouldn't that brand the perfect refreshingly delicious, fun summertime treat?

For a watermelon together with vino lover, the answer is a resounding YES!

So amongst the assist of i large sweet-&-juicy watermelon together with a mutual coldness bottle of Moscato, this fabulous Watermelon-Moscato Slush was born.

Yes, amongst 4 unproblematic ingredients, together with simply a footling whirling inward a food processor or blender, this slush whips upwardly inward a flash.

With 4 unproblematic ingredients, together with simply a footling whirling inward a nutrient processor or blender, this slush whips upwardly inward a flash.

It's perfect for enjoying for simply nearly whatsoever action summertime brings along, too.  H5N1 identify unit of measurement cookout?  Whip upwardly a large batch for everyone to enjoy.  {And if you've got kids joining in, cheque out my kid-friendly watermelon slush version.}  Having a imbibe subsequently a hot twenty-four hr catamenia of yard work?  This slush volition certain cool yous down!  Sitting together with sipping past times the pool?  I genuinely couldn't mean value of a tastier imbibe to lead maintain past times your side.

And here's how genuinely slow this watermelon slush is to make.

Simply combine unopen to watermelon cubes, a fleck of sugar, together with a mash of fresh lemon juice inward a food processor {or blender} ...

... together with orbit the mixture a whirl to create a watermelon puree.

Strain the puree through a colander to take away whatsoever pulp hunks ...

Then mix inward a footling Moscato, together with freeze ... that's all!

When you're laid upwardly to taste this cool-&-refreshing summertime sipper, scrape unopen to of the slush into a drinking glass ...

Then pour inward unopen to to a greater extent than vino together with taste the watermelon fun!

Headed out to the park, to the lake, or perchance to the beach together with wishing to pick out this along? ... What a peachy idea.

Toss the slush together with a bottle of vino into the cooler to accept amongst you.  You'll move able to simply brand your slushies correct at that spot where yous are.  And if the watermelon slush melts a footling inward the cooler throughout the day, that's no worry at all.  It'll nevertheless move cold, frosty, together with slushy when yous become to taste it.

Toss the slush together with a bottle of vino into the cooler to accept amongst you.

It's hence slow to whip upwardly a batch of this refreshing Watermelon-Moscato Slush to larn laid upwardly for unopen to delicious summertime fun!

Watermelon-Moscato Slush
Source:  Adapted from Watermelon Granita from You're Invited by the Junior League of Raliegh, NC
(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

• 6 c. watermelon cubes, seeds removed*
• 1/4 c. granulated carbohydrate
• 1 T. freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 c. Moscato {or other slightly sweetness white wine}
• additional Moscato for serving

Directions

1. Place watermelon cubes inward a food processor or blender. Blend until smooth. Place a colander over a large bowl or 9x13-inch drinking glass baking dish. Pour processed watermelon through the strainer to take away the pulp, reserving the strained juice.
2. Stir granulated carbohydrate together with lemon juice into the watermelon juice until the carbohydrate is fully dissolved. Stir inward Moscato.
3. Place the bowl or baking dish inward the freezer together with freeze the mixture for two to iii hours, stirring amongst a fork every 45 minutes or hence to pause upwardly H2O ice crystals.
4. When laid upwardly to serve, spoon watermelon slush into a vino (or other) glass, filling the drinking glass nearly 3/4 full. Pour inward additional vino together with stir. Garnish equally desired.

*  Six cups watermelon cubes, pureed together with strained, yields nearly 4 cups watermelon juice.  You tin purpose watermelon juice released together with collected when cutting upwardly a whole watermelon instead, for all or business office of the pureed juice.

Enjoy!

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