watermelon + pistachio

Watermelons always bring back memories of sitting poolside in our "swimmy suits" as we used to call them, munching on fresh watermelon from the local farmers market. The sticky red juices always dripped everywhere. On our arms, legs, hands and the pool deck. No worries about it though, we could simply jump into the pool and clean off while cooling off. These were the summers of my childhood.

As I look ahead to my last couple months of high school, I long for those watermelon filled, sticky, hot, tiring but relaxing summer breaks of my youth. All I want is more time. On one hand, I'm beyond excited to attend pastry school. I'll be a part of classes completely dedicated to a subject I'm passionate about. On the other hand, I'm going to miss my best friend, my family, my familiar room, my comfortable hometown and maybe most of all, my furry kitty baby that has been with me through it all, Annabelle. I'm going to be moving to a big city, leaving my best friend, becoming more independent of my family and kissing my cat a temporary goodbye.

I'm growing up and I'm ready, but I'm also definitely not ready. None of this has anything to do with watermelons, pistachios or doughnuts, but my future is becoming a reality... FAST. I want the watermelon summers back, where the only fear was eventually going back to school. The only trouble was figuring out what to do that day. No jobs to worry about, no student loans to figure out, no coordinating with future roommates on who's bringing the television set. Anyways, now that I've poured my heart out, here's my recipe for watermelon pistachio doughnuts, it's super simple!



This recipe uses the brioche doughnut dough found here.

for the glaze:
1 1/2 cups watermelon juice (about a quarter of a full sized watermelon)
3 cups powdered sugar

Take a few large chunks of watermelon and strain them until you have enough juice. Mix the powdered sugar with the watermelon juice. Dip the doughnuts in the glaze.

for the topping:
1/2 cup crushed pistachios

Top the freshly dipped doughnuts with crushed pistachio bits.

Here's a printable version of this recipe!

There you have it! 'Til next time,