Best Coffee Granita With Cardamom Whipped Cream Recipes

COFFEE GRANITA WITH WHIPPED CREAM

Steps:

• Mix together the espresso, sugar, coffee liqueur and vanilla extract in a medium bowl until the sugar is completely dissolved. Pour the liquid into an 8-inch square glass baking dish and freeze. Every 30 minutes, remove the dish from the freezer and use a fork to scrape and break up the ice crystals. Repeat until the mixture is thoroughly frozen, about 4 hours.
• Spoon the granita into small glasses, dollop with the whipped cream and garnish with a mint leaf. Serve immediately.

COFFEE GRANITA (WITH SWEETENED WHIPPED CREAM)

Steps:

• Combine the coffee, sugar, coffee liqueur, and vanilla and stir until the sugar dissolves. Pour the mixture in a flat pan that's about 9 by 13-inches. Place the pan in the freezer for one hour, until it starts to become slushy around the edges. Rake the mixture with a large fork to break up the crystals and place it back into the freezer. Every 30 minutes, rake the mixture until it is completely frozen and granular throughout. Freeze until ready to serve.
• Spoon the granite into pretty stemmed glasses and top with a dollop of whipped cream. Serve immediately.
• Place the cream, sugar, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Whip on medium and then high speed until the cream just forms stiff peak.

CARDAMOM COFFEE AND CREAM GRANITA

Steps:

• Split cardamom pods and sprinkle seeds in with coffee when brewing. Combine coffee, sweetened condensed milk and water. Sweeten to taste. Place mixture in metal bowl and freeze for 2 to 3 hours or until slushy. Remove from freezer and mash with whisk or fork until soft. Return to freezer and leave for 2-3 hours more.

COFFEE GRANITA

Steps:

• Combine coffee, sugar, and coffee liqueur in a bowl with a whisk until sugar dissolves.
• Pour mixture into an 8x12- or 9x13-inch dish. Freeze, uncovered, until it just starts to get slushy around the outside, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Take a fork and break the frozen pieces up, stirring into the liquid. Crush any large pieces with the back of the fork.
• Return to the freezer and repeat the process every 30 minutes until you've reached your desired consistency, about 4 to 5 times total.
• Serve immediately or return to the freezer and chill for 8 hours, or overnight, before serving for best results.

COFFEE GRANITA (CAFFé GRECO)

Steps:

• Stir together coffee and sugar in a bowl until sugar is dissolved, then stir in vanilla. Pour into an 8-inch metal baking pan (1-quart capacity) and freeze, stirring every 30 minutes, until slushy, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Transfer mixture to a bowl and stir vigorously with a fork until slightly smoother and more uniform in texture, 30 seconds. Freeze until firm enough to scoop, about 30 minutes more.
• Divide granita among serving dishes and top with whipped cream.

COFFEE GRANITA

Steps:

• Stir water and sugar in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves and syrup boils 1 minute. Cool syrup. Mix in coffee. Pour mixture into medium-size metal bowl. Freeze until ice mixture is solid, about 3 hours.
• Using fork, scrape ice to form flakes. Return to freezer; keep frozen until ready to serve.
• Pile coffee granita into stemmed glasses. Top with generous amounts of whipped cream.

COFFEE GRANITA

Steps:

• In a bowl, stir together the coffee, sugar, vanilla and salt until the sugar dissolves. Pour into an 8-inch square baking dish and place in the freezer for 2 hours. Remove from the freezer and use a fork to scrape any of the ice that has formed.
• Return to the freezer for another 2 hours, then repeat the scraping. If the granita is still not frozen, return to the freezer again and repeat the scraping. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream on top or drowned with 1/2 ounce of limoncello.