A very cold and easy-to-prepare dessert!
If you don’t have a food processor, prepare them in ice cube trays without dividers. Every thirty minutes, scrape with the help of a metal spatula to break up the ice particles that begin to form on the surface and sides of the molds.
Lemon Granita
Ingredients
- ¾ cup lemon juice
- 2 cups (tea) of water
- 1 cup (tea) sugar
- 1 cup (tea) fresh cream
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Preparation Mode
- Mix the water and sugar in a pan, place over medium heat, stirring constantly until the syrup starts to boil.
- Keep boiling for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat, add lemon juice and let cool completely. See below, Mom’s tips.
- Transfer the mixture into ice cube trays and place in the freezer until it hardens.
- When serving, place the cream, sugar, vanilla in the mixer and beat at medium speed until the mixture begins to thicken.
- Reduce speed and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Reserve.
- Place the lemon mixture cubes in the processor and blend until reduced to fine grains.
- Distribute the granita into individual glasses.
- Decorate with whipped cream and serve immediately.
Watermelon Granita
Ingredients
- 5 cups of watermelon pulp blended in a blender
- 1 cup (tea) of water
- ½ cup (tea) sugar
- 2 tablespoons orange liqueur
- 1 cup of whipped cream
Orange Granite
Ingredients
- 1 cup (tea) of orange juice
- 2 cups (tea) of water
- ¾ cup (tea) sugar
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
Mom Tips
For the lemon granita recipe: if you prefer, add two tablespoons of chopped mint to the granita.
Place the syrup and mint in the food processor and blend well. Only then add the lemon juice.
¾ cup (tea) of lemon juice = about 5 lemons.
5 cups of watermelon pulp = about 1.5 kg.
1 cup of orange juice = about 4 oranges
Watermelon and orange granitas are prepared like lemon granita.
In watermelon granita; Add the orange liqueur to the syrup after taking it off the heat.
Laranja licorices = Cointreau or Grand Marnier
Source: https://www.receitasdemae.com.br/receitas/granita/
