Make your own slush ice without a machine - we'll show you how! All you need is a refrigerator, fruit and ice cubes. So the fruity cooling is guaranteed to succeed!
With the hot summer temperatures, our body needs a lot of fluid. The heat can quickly go to our heads. Time to cool it down! You also have enough of normal water or ice? Then you should pay attention now!
We introduce you to a delicious alternative to ice cream and drinks. Making slush ice yourself is not an art! You can easily make the refreshing ice water at home.
And more importantly, we'll show you how to make slush ice without a machine.
In southern countries, the colorful refresher is widely used. In Spain and Italy, the frozen syrup is called granita. In our country, the drink is known as slush, slushi or slushy. But the name doesn't matter. It's the inner values that matter.
So that the own Slushi succeeds, we have here a detailed instruction with recipe. That always works!
Table of contents
What ingredients do I need if I want to make slush ice myself?
Depending on the type of fruit, you only need 2 to 3 ingredients to make a delicious granita. Let's have a look at them in detail.
Fruits
For fruits with a high water content, you can save adding additional water. For other fruits, such as raspberries or strawberries, you should definitely add a little water.
Fruits that are particularly suitable:
- Mango
- Watermelon
- Honeydew melon, sugar melon
- Strawberries
- Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Pineapple
If you like, you can of course combine two types of fruit.
Some fruits contain a lot of seeds. For example, raspberries or blackberries - they don't look so good in slush ice cream, so you should remove them. The easiest way is to boil them and then press them through a blender.
You have less work with seedless fruits, such as melons or mango. Here you only need a powerful stand mixer to obtain an even fruit water.
Lemon
On hot days, a lemony taste can be very refreshing. However, I advise you to add additional acid only with very sweet fruits, otherwise the refreshment can quickly become very sour.
You need to know that chilled food and drinks always taste a little less sweet than when they're in a liquid state. Have you ever let a store-bought water ice melt and then drunk it? It's so incredibly sweet that you can hardly drink it. However, it is very tasty and refreshing when frozen.
You always have to dissolve the sugar beforehand. So make a quick homemade syrup. Otherwise it will remain in the ice cream.
Ice cube
Depending on the method of preparation (we'll get to that in a moment), you may need ice cubes. With a powerful food processor, they are quickly crushed and your slushi is ready.
In other methods, you do without machines completely - so no ice cream maker and no food processor. You freeze the fruit juice and stir it regularly until the consistency is right.
Optional: sweetener
In many recipes, additional sugar is used. However, this need not be the case if you use very ripe fruit.
If the frozen fruit is not sweet enough for you, then you can use Erythritol* or Birch sugar* help yourself. You should stay away from table sugar, as it is very high in calories and damages the teeth.
With sugar - whether Birch sugar* or normal sugar - you should save. The higher the sugar content in the homemade ice cream, the more liquid the slushi will be. Sugar in any form is like an antifreeze.
How can I color my slush ice cream?
The base for any ice cream is fruit juice. To get different colors for the slushis, you can experiment with fruit.
If the colors are not intense enough for you, you can also use a little bit of Food coloring* help.
- Purple slush = blackberry
- Orange slush = mango or honeydew melon
- Pink slush = watermelon
- Red slush = strawberry or raspberry
- Green slush = kiwi
It is important that you choose fruit that has a high water content. This is the best way to make your own slush ice.
How can I make slushi myself if I don't have a machine?
Two steps are required to make slush ice:
- Prepare slush base
- Prepare slush
Prepare slush base
For some fruits, you may need to make a syrup first. These include berries, strawberries, kiwi or mango.
If you want to sweeten your refreshment, you need to boil the syrup to dissolve the sugar in it. If you do not want to add sugar, this step is not necessary.
- Wash the fruit and cut it into small pieces.
- Put the fruit in a pot.
- Turn on the stove. Heat the fruit, stirring constantly - already most fruits give juice.
- Add the sugar and continue stirring. Attention: Do not stir too long, otherwise the precious slush syrup will evaporate!
- Stretch the syrup with water. And of course, the more syrup you use, the sweeter the cool crushed refreshment will be.
- Mix the syrup with ice-cold water and put it in the freezer. Caution: Don't use too much water, ice cubes are also added to the recipe - too much water could cause the slush to lose its flavor!
If you don't use sugar, puree the fresh fruit in a stand mixer and push it through a straining cloth. A few small pieces of fruit are okay, but overall the slush should have more of a water consistency.
Water melon and honeydew melon do not need additional sugar.
Kiwi (with stalk removed) and mango are best pureed and then strained to remove large chunks. With mango, too, you can usually do without additional sweetener.
Turn ripe mangoes into vegan ice cream!
Prepare slush
You have three options:
- Stir slush again and again
- Use a lot of ice cubes
- Freeze fruit puree
Stir slush
Do you have no powerful food processor*, then you have to keep stirring the slush ice so that it doesn't become too solid.
Fill the syrup into a flat box and put it into the freezer.
After 20 minutes, take the box out of the freezer and stir it. After that, the slush goes back into the freezer - you have to repeat this process about 5 times.
Tip: The flatter the box, the faster the mass freezes!
Use ice cubes
You can put certain fruits directly into the food processor and fill them up with ice cubes - this is the easiest and fastest method. However, it only works for fruits with a very high water content.
Alternatively, you can directly use the syrup that you have made. It must be ice cold for this. The ratio of fruit juice to ice cubes is about 1:1.
Attention: this only works if your machine is powerful!
You have to work quickly. Because the ice thaws very quickly. It's best to have everything at hand and also put the glasses in the refrigerator for a short time so that they are cold.
Freeze fruit puree
Have you bought too much fruit and want to save it from spoiling? Then you can make a slushi syrup and freeze it. Pour the juice into small bags or ice cube molds.
Let the fruit juice freeze through and then put it in the food processor. Blend on high speed until the consistency is perfect. You can add a few ice cubes depending on your mood.
The homemade slushi looks best when you fill the ice drink into the glass and decorate it with mint or colorful straws.
Did you know that you can grill watermelon?
Tip: The Yo ice cream maker is perfect for this ice cream. It can hold 1.5 liters of ice, is particularly powerful at 150 watts and you get a recipe booklet to boot. The Ice cream maker from Klarstein* you can order from Amazon.
Watermelon slush ice make yourself
Ingredients
- 200 g Watermelon
- 1 EL Lime juice
- 150 g Ice cube
Equipment
- 1 kitchen machine
- Knife & board
- Glass
Anleitung
- Put the watermelon in the refrigerator, the colder it is, the better. Cut the watermelon into small pieces and put it in the food processor.200 g watermelon
- Squeeze the lime and mix the juice with the melon.1 tablespoon lime juice
- Now add the ice cubes and mix on high speed until the ice cubes become crushed ice. Done!150 g ice cubes
Nährwerte
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For whom is a slush ice machine worthwhile?
If you can't get enough of the cool refreshment, you can also get yourself a slush ice machine. The advantage is that the crushed ice is much more uniform.
Those who rely on making slush itself with machine, filled all the ingredients in the ice container of the machine. It then goes into the freezer until the liquid is frozen.
The ice tray is then placed on the machine and turned on. The rest is done by the machine. Buying a slush machine pays off if you often prepare larger quantities.
Our conclusion
Making slush ice yourself is no art. All you need are fresh, aromatic fruits and a powerful food processor*. Then it's guaranteed to succeed! You can never go wrong with watermelon and lime.
Enjoy it and good luck!
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