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Granita (Italian Ice)

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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 3h
    • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • FOR GRANITA DI CAFFE (ESPRESSO GRANITA)
  • 2 cups espresso (freshly brewed espresso, at room temperature)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • FOR LEMON GRANITA
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice (from about 8–9 lemons)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • FOR SHERRY CARDAMOM GRANITA
  • 2/3 cups sugar
  • 1 tablespoon tea, loose black
  • 1 2/3 cups water
  • 6 cardamom pods ( lightly crushed)
  • 1 lemon, zest and juice
  • 1/2 cup sherry (Amontillado sherry)
  • FOR WHITE WINE GRANITA
  • 2 cups white wine ( full-bodied white wine)
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened apple juice
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • FOR GRAPEFRUIT CAMPARI GRANITA
  • 2 cups grapefruit juice (Ruby Red grapefruit juice, freshly squeezed)
  • 1/2 cup Campari
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 vanilla bean (split lengthwise, seeds scraped and reserved)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Coffee Granita: Put espresso and sugar into a medium bowl and stir with wooden spoon until sugar dissolves completely (about 3 minutes). Pour into a medium baking dish. Follow instructions in last step.

  • Step 2: Lemon Granita: Put lemon juice, sugar and water into a medium bowl and stir with wooden spoon until sugar dissolves completely (about 3 minutes). Pour into a medium baking dish. Follow instructions in last step.

  • Step 3: Sherry Cardamom Granita: Bring sugar, tea and 2/3 cup water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Cook, stirring, until sugar is dissolved (about 1 minute). Add cardamom and lemon zest. Let cool completely. Strain syrup into a medium baking dish. Stir in lemon juice, sherry and 1 cup water. Follow instructions in last step.

  • Step 4: White Wine Granita: Place wine, juice, sugar and water in a bowl, and whisk until sugar is completely dissolved (about 2 minutes). Pour into a medium baking dish. Follow instructions in last step.

  • Step 5: Grapefruit Campari Granita: Puree juice, Campari, sugar, vanilla seeds and water in a blender. Pour into a medium baking dish. Follow instructions in last step.

  • Step 6: Last Step: Cover with plastic wrap and place in the freezer. Using the tines of a fork, stir the mixture every 30 minutes, scraping edges and breaking up any ice chunks as the mixture freezes, until granita is slushy and frozen (about 3 hours). Scoop into chilled serving glasses.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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