6 pounds watermelon, including rind
3 1/4 ounce envelopes unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- Cut the watermelon into large pieces, discarding the rind.
- Puree through the food processor. This should leave you with 3 cups of watermelon juice.
- Combine gelatin with 1 cup of the watermelon juice and let stand 2-3 minutes.
- In a small sauce pan combine the other 2 cups of juice with the sugar and stir until dissolved.
- Whisk in the the lemon juice and the gelatin mixture.
- Remove from heat.
- Pour into 1/2 pint jelly jars.
- Seal tightly.
- Store upside down on a towel in the refrigerator overnight.
4 cups seeded watermelon chunks
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- In blender combine watermelon, sugar and juice.
- Transfer to a 2 quart freezer safe container.
- Freeze 4-6 hours until resembles a set gelatin.
- In several batches return to blender.
- Return to freezer in same container or smaller containers, always covered.
9 comments:
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Okay that sounds seriously wonderful--I'm going to have to try this. Lillian's favorite thing is watermelon and she'd love this--I have a great recipe for watermelon sorbet.
Very yummy!!!! I love coming to your blog Tami! You always have great recipes!
I love celebrating these kinds of holidays. I'll have to eat some watermelon today. Thanks for sharing these recipes. :-)
Stopping by for Scrumptious Sunday...I'm tempted to try the watermelon jelly recipe. Have you made it before? The sorbet is one of my summer favorites.
I enjoyed stopping by your blog.
My dad loved watermelon jam and I'm sure he would have liked this recipe too.
I am visiting from Scribbit and this looks delicious! I am going to give it a try.
Ooohhhh-yummy-this sounds delicious! We love jelly at our house! Thanks for sharing. So sorry I didn't post last week and probably won't this week either. Busy-Busy! Thank you for posting!
Mere
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