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🍰 Melon Bowls with Basilikum Granita
185 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 l cloudy apple juice
- 10 g basil (2 handfuls)
- 3 organic lemons
- 1 Galia melon (approx. 600 g)
- 1 vanilla pod
Instructions
- 1. Pour the apple juice into a pot.
- 2. Heat the juice over medium heat and let it simmer for about 20 minutes until the volume is reduced by half.
- 3. Remove the pot from the heat.
- 4. Let the juice cool down for 10 minutes.
- 5. Wash the basilisk under running water.
- 6. Shake the basil dry.
- 7. Pluck the leaves off the stems.
- 8. Set aside a few nice leaves for decoration.
- 9. Rinse the lemons under hot water.
- 10. Dry the lemons with a cloth.
- 11. Grate the zest from two lemons finely.
- 12. Squeeze the juice from all three lemons.
- 13. Put the basilisk leaves into a tall beaker.
- 14. Add the juice from one lemon.
- 15. Add the cooled apple juice.
- 16. Puree the mixture finely with a hand blender.
- 17. Pour the mixture into a shallow container.
- 18. Place the container in the freezer compartment.
- 19. Let the granita freeze for at least 4 hours.
- 20. Stir the granita once every 30 minutes.
- 21. Halve the melons.
- 22. Remove the seeds from the melon.
- 23. Scoop balls out of the flesh with a melon baller.
- 24. Place the melon balls in a bowl.
- 25. Place the bowl in a cool spot.
- 26. Scrape the remaining fruit flesh out of the melon halves with a spoon.
- 27. Put the fruit flesh into a tall beaker.
- 28. Add the remaining lemon zest.
- 29. Add the remaining lemon juice.
- 30. Add the vanilla seeds.
- 31. Puree everything with the hand blender.
- 32. Mix the puree with the melon balls.
- 33. Place the bowl covered in a cool spot.
- 34. Take the granita out of the freezer.
- 35. Break the granita into pieces.
- 36. Crush the pieces in a stand mixer.
- 37. Alternatively, put the ice pieces into a freezer bag.
- 38. Crush the ice pieces with a meat mallet.
- 39. Distribute the melon balls onto small bowls.
- 40. Add a spoonful of basilisk granita on top.
- 41. Garnish the bowls with the reserved basilisk leaves.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 185
- Protein: 1 g · Fett/Fat: 1 g · Carbs: 41 g