Hot weather treat

Here's an easy idea that's quick to make (though takes time to freeze) and can be done with the 'help' of children if you so desire.  A recipe from Delicious Magazine via Taste.com.au that is a healthy treat, and perfect for stinking hot days like today here in Melbourne.  3 ingredients too.  Ticking all of my favourite boxes!

Frosty Watermelon Wedges

1/2 small watermelon still on it's rind
160g (1/2 metric cup) jam (recipe suggests strawberry, I used blackberry)
200g desiccated coconut

Cut the watermelon into wedges into thicknesses of about 2cm each.  I did this by just cutting along the centre of the watermelon and then having Miss Eight cutting each half into wedges from there.

The thickness of the wedges isn't a big issue, smaller or larger - or indeed smaller AND larger is fine!
Warm the jam in the microwave for about 30 seconds, I had to do an extra 10 seconds in my glass bowl.

Line a baking sheet with non-stick paper.

Using a pastry brush, spread the jam over the flesh of the watermelon.

Absolutely the most popular job without doubt was the painting of the jam onto the watermelon.
Dunk each of the edges into the desiccated coconut so that it looks all snowy white.

This step is a little more of a challenge than you might first think.  Trying to hold onto the rind so as not to leave fingerprints in the coconutty jam can cause fits of cute laughter!

Leave on the lined baking sheet and place into the freezer for about an hour (or more if that works for you - my children found waiting an hour quite long enough for their first serve).

Serve directly from the freezer and makes about 14 wedges

Ready for the freezer, and the hardest step of all............waiting...and waiting...and in my case hearing 'are the Frosty Watermelons ready yet?'!

Sending the children outside (in the shade) to eat these is a good idea just quietly.  Obviously you can use whichever jam you like here, I wasn't avoiding strawberry jam, I simply didn't have any.  Blackberry jam worked just fine for us because we LIKE it, I was imagining that plum jam would be delicious too.  Fun to make, delicious and refreshing to eat, if only I owned a blast freezer so that we'd need only wait minutes!!