WATERMELON, GINGER AND LIME GRANITA
Provided by Kelsey Nixon
Categories dessert
Time 2h30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a blender, blend the lime juice and watermelon together, creating watermelon water. Strain the liquid through a fine mesh strainer to remove any seeds. Place 1/2 cup of the watermelon water into a saucepan and add the sugar, lime zest and ginger coins. Bring the mixture to a simmer to dissolve the sugar and infuse the liquid with the ginger and lime flavor. Set aside to cool. Add the grated ginger to the remaining watermelon water. Once the syrup is cool, remove the ginger coins and mix into the watermelon water. Pour the mixture into a 9 by 13-inch glass baking dish. Place the dish into the freezer to chill. Every 30 minutes, scrape the mixture with a fork to break up the ice crystals and to keep it light and fluffy. Continue scraping every 30 minutes for at least 2 hours. Scrape the granita into elegant glasses and sprinkle with fleur de sel.
MELON WITH BASIL-LIME GRANITA
After such a substantial meal, you'll want to keep things light for dessert. A little fancier than a fruit salad yet almost as easy, this cool combination of musky cantaloupe and honeydew gets an unexpected fillip from icy granita. Dont worry if the granita melts faster than you expect-it will slump into a lovely sauce over the fruit.
Provided by Kay Chun
Categories Food Processor Low Fat Vegetarian Frozen Dessert Cantaloupe Honeydew Basil Healthy Gourmet
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Bring water and 2/3 cup sugar to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then simmer 3 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and cool completely in an ice bath, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
- Purée syrup with basil and 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoon lime juice until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a 3-quart shallow nonreactive container, pressing on and then discarding solids.
- Freeze basil-lime syrup, stirring and crushing lumps with a fork every 30 minutes, until evenly frozen, about 2 hours.
- One hour before serving, cut melons into small wedges and peel. Combine in a large bowl. Whisk together remaining 2 tablespoon lime juice and 1 tablespoon sugar and pour over fruit. Let macerate, tossing occasionally, about 15 minutes.
- Scrape granita with a fork, crushing any lumps. Serve melon in shallow bowls, drizzled with melon liquid and topped with granita and mint.
COCONUT-LIME GRANITA
Steps:
- Place an 8-inch square baking dish in the freezer to chill while you make the simple syrup.
- Combine the sugar and 1/2 cup of water in a small saucepan over low heat until the sugar is dissolved and syrup is at a gentle boil. Remove it from the heat, and allow it to cool..
- Pull the chilled baking dish out of the freezer, and pour the coconut milk into the dish. You may need to whisk it to smooth out any lumps.
- Whisk in the simple syrup, lime zest, lime juice and fresh coconut until well combined. Place the dish in the freezer, and let it chill for 1 hour.
- Pull it out of the freezer, and using a fork, break up the ice crystals forming around the edge of the dish, by dragging them into the more molten center. Return to the freezer and repeat this process every hour or so, smoothing out the granita before you return it to the freezer. The whole process should take about 3 hours. When you're ready to serve, allow the granita to sit at room temperature for about 5 minutes so that it softens. Spoon the mixture into a small bowl or glass, and top with a little coarse sea salt.
WATERMELON, LIME AND MINT GRANITA
Provided by Ellie Krieger
Categories dessert
Time 1h40m
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Working in 2 batches, puree watermelon in a food processor. Strain puree through a sieve and strain out solids, forcing liquid out with a wooden spoon. Discard solids. Combine the watermelon puree, lime juice, mint and sugar in a 9 by 13-inch metal pan. Place mixture in the freezer, scraping thoroughly with a fork every 20 to 30 minutes for about 2 1/2 hours, or until the granita resembles coarse crystals. Scrape 1 last time and spoon into parfait glasses or bowls. Top with a mint sprig.
LIME GRANITA
Make and share this Lime Granita recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Dessert
Time 15m
Yield 4 cups
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- In a small saucepan, combine sugar with 3 cups water.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Chill for 1 hour.
- Stir in lime juice and zest.
- Pour mixture into a shallow metal cake pan and freeze, crushing and stirring the lumps with a fork every 30 minutes for 2 to 3 hours, or until it has a slushy, granular texture.
- Serve immediately.
BASIL AND LIME GRANITA
This is a lovely fresh granita that couldn't be easier to prepare. We like to add a couple of shots of vodka to it just before freezing, to make a more grown up version. Perfect for after a barbecue! Timing does not include 3 hours freezing time.
Provided by Noo8820
Categories Frozen Desserts
Time 30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a pan, dissolve the sugar in the water. Bring it to a boil and simmer for a couple of minutes. Remove from the heat, and add the basil leaves. Mix and leave to cool.
- When it is cold, remove the basil leaves and discard them. Add the lime juice, including any fleshy bits, and mix.
- Pour into a large freezer proof container, and put into the freezer.
- Every 15 minutes, for 2 hours, take out of the freezer and mix it up. Then every half an hour until the granita appears grainy and the crystals have been broken down. It should resemble snow or coarse sand.
- Enjoy!
MANGO-LIME GRANITA
This simple, icy dessert will transport you to more tropical climes thanks to the tart and sweet flavors of lime and mango.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place chopped mango in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade, and process until smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl. Add the water, lime juice, and sugar, and stir to dissolve.
- Pour mixture into a 9-by-5-inch deep-sided metal pan, and place in the freezer until nearly set, about 3 hours, whisking mixture every hour. Remove from freezer, and scrape surface with the tines of a fork until it is the texture of shaved ice. Return to freezer until ready to serve. Granita can be stored in an airtight container in the freezer up to 2 weeks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 108 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 1 g, Sodium 4 g
WATERMELON, GINGER AND LIME GRANITA
Make and share this Watermelon, Ginger and Lime Granita recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Food.com
Categories Beverages
Time 2h30m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a blender, blend the lime juice and watermelon together, creating watermelon water.
- Strain the liquid through a fine mesh strainer to remove any seeds.
- Place 1/2 cup of the watermelon water into a saucepan and add the sugar, lime zest and ginger coins. Bring the mixture to a simmer to dissolve the sugar and infuse the liquid with the ginger and lime flavor. Set aside to cool.
- Add the grated ginger to the remaining watermelon water. Once the syrup is cool, remove the ginger coins and mix into the watermelon water. Pour the mixture into a 9 by 13-inch glass baking dish. Place the dish into the freezer to chill.
- Every 30 minutes, scrape the mixture with a fork to break up the ice crystals and to keep it light and fluffy. Continue scraping every 30 minutes for at least 2 hours. Scrape the granita into elegant glasses and sprinkle with fleur de sel.
- Cook's Notes:.
- Taste your watermelon, this will tell you how much sugar to add to your simple syrup.
- The fork helps to create ice crystals that will help give you a slushy consistency.
MANGO-LIME GRANITA
Steps:
- Place the chopped mango in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade, and process until smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl. Add the water, lime juice, and sugar, and stir to dissolve.
- Pour the mixture into a 9 × 5-inch deep-sided metal pan, and place in the freezer until nearly set, about 3 hours, whisking the mixture every hour. Remove from the freezer, and scrape the surface with the tines of a fork until it is the texture of shaved ice. Return to the freezer until ready to serve. The granita can be stored in an airtight container in the freezer up to 2 weeks.
- FIT TO EAT RECIPE
- (Per serving)
- Calories: 108
- Fat: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Carbohydrate: 28g
- Sodium: 4mg
- Protein: 1g
- Fiber: 1g
MANGO, LIME, AND CHILE GRANITA
Steps:
- In a large pot over medium heat, combine the water and sugar. Cook and stir until the sugar has dissolved and the syrup looks clear, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool the syrup by pouring it into a bowl and putting it into the refrigerator or over an ice bath.
- Put the sugar syrup, lime zest, lime juice, and mango chunks into a blender. Puree until smooth. Pour the mango mixture into a shallow baking pan and freeze for 1 hour. Using a fork or a couple of chopsticks, break up all the ice crystals on the bottom and sides of the pan. This incorporates air so the final product literally melts in your mouth. Freeze for 3 to 4 hours, until the mixture has reached a frozen granular consistency. You can serve it two ways: Either rake the granita with the tines of a fork for a snow-cone-like product or run an ice-cream scooper down the length for a smooth Italian-ice-like result. Spoon it into a wine or martini glass and lightly sprinkle with the chile powder.
FALOODEH (PERSIAN LIME AND ROSE WATER GRANITA WITH RICE NOODLES)
Faloodeh is an ancient Persian dessert, a sort of granita threaded with rice noodles and spiked with rose water and lime. Though you may typically cook noodles until al dente, you'll need to really cook them through here before adding them to the syrup so that they soak up enough liquid to become as crunchy as possible as they freeze. In Iran, most ice cream shops sell just two items: traditional saffron ice cream and faloodeh, which is typically topped with bottled lime juice that tastes mostly of citric acid. Faloodeh has been my favorite since childhood, but now I prefer it with the juice of freshly squeezed limes. It's incredibly refreshing and the ideal end to a rich meal filled with complex flavors.
Provided by Samin Nosrat
Categories ice creams and sorbets, noodles, dessert
Time 20m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Place 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan and set over low heat. Add about half the sugar and stir to dissolve completely. Add 1/8 teaspoon salt and the rest of the sugar and continue stirring until completely dissolved. Take off the heat and let cool to room temperature.
- In a freezer-safe bowl or dish, stir together 4 cups water, cooled syrup, lime juice and rose water, then place in freezer until ice crystals begin to form on the edges of the mixture, about 1 hour.
- In a medium pot, bring 4 quarts water to a boil. Add the noodles and cook thoroughly until there is no bite left, about 8 minutes or as instructed on the package. Drain and rinse immediately with cold water. Use scissors to cut noodles into 1-inch pieces, then stir them into the partly frozen syrup mixture. It's important that the mixture has begun to freeze before adding the noodles so that they don't all sink to the bottom of the dish, so if your syrup mixture needs more time, freeze for another hour before adding noodles.
- Every hour for the next several hours, scrape the granita thoroughly with a fork to prevent huge icy chunks from forming. The mixture should be light and airy, punctuated with crunchy noodles.
- To serve, scrape and serve bowlfuls of faloodeh with lime wedges.
MANGO ORANGE LIME GRANITA
Provided by Ming Tsai
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a food processor, add everything and puree smooth. Place in small pan and freeze over night. Use a fork to scrape granita and serve in tuile bowl. Garnish with fresh mango slices and orange zest.
CUCUMBER-LIME GRANITA
A cool refreshing dessert that's super easy to make. All you need are fresh cucumbers, limes, water and sugar!
Provided by Brooke Lark
Categories Dessert
Time 3h15m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Line shallow dish with parchment paper. In 2-quart saucepan, beat sugar and water with whisk until blended. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer until mixture becomes a thin syrup. Cool.
- Remove most of peel from cucumbers. With spoon, scoop out seeds. Chop cucumber into cubes.
- In blender, place cucumbers, lime juice and syrup. Cover; blend until smooth. Pour into dish. Cover; freeze 2 to 3 hours or until completely frozen.
- Rake fork through mixture. Serve immediately, or return granita to freezer until ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 Serving
STRAWBERRY LIME GRANITA
A granita is similar to a sorbet since it is a mixture of fruit puree and simple syrup that is frozen to develop ice crystals which are broken up with a fork. You can process the mixture in an ice cream maker for a smoother texture and you'll have a sorbet. The simple syrup can be made up to a week in advance, but must be made the night before.
Provided by threeovens
Categories Frozen Desserts
Time 4h6m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Make a simple syrup the night before, or up to a week ahead of time.
- In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil over medium high heat; add the sugar and stir to dissolve, about 30 seconds.
- Reduce heat to low and cook another 5 minutes until the mixture is slightly thickened.
- Remove from heat; let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate overnight.
- About 3 to 4 hours before you will serve the granita, chill a 13x9 inch metal baking pan in the freezer.
- Combine the strawberries and lime juice in a blender; puree on high speed.
- Reduce speed to low setting and add the simple syrup.
- Blend for a few seconds just to incorporate.
- Take the chilled pan from the freezer and pour in the fruit mixture; return to freezer, uncovered.
- After an hour, the mixture should have just begun to set in the middle.
- Using a fork, break up the crystals and swirl around until you have a wide pile of mush in the center of the pan.
- Freeze for two more hours, breaking up the crystals once or twice.
- To serve: remove pan from freezer and let stand several minutes, if frozen solid.
- Use a fork to break up mixture, then scoop, with a spoon, large mounds into serving dishes or martini glasses.
- Drizzle a heaping teaspoon of condensed milk over each portion and a squeeze of lime, if desired.
- Garnish with mint sprig and wedge of lime.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 135.1, Fat 0.3, Sodium 1.9, Carbohydrate 34.4, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 30.4, Protein 0.8
LIME GRANITA WITH CANDIED MINT LEAVES AND CRèME FRAîCHE
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories Milk/Cream Citrus Dairy Herb Dessert Freeze/Chill Lime Mint Summer Bon Appétit Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- For granita:
- Bring 2 cups water and 1 cup sugar to boil in medium saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium and simmer 5 minutes. Cool syrup. Stir in lime juice. Transfer lime syrup to 11 x 7 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Cover and place in freezer. Stir every 45 minutes until frozen, about 3 hours. DO AHEAD Granita can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and keep frozen.
- For candied mint leaves:
- Place sugar on small shallow plate. Brush both sides of 1 mint leaf lightly with egg white; dredge in sugar. Transfer mint leaf to rack. Repeat with remaining mint leaves. Let mint stand at room temperature until dry, about 3 hours. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Store in airtight container at room temperature.
- For créme fraîche:
- Mix créme fraîche and sugar. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
- Using fork, scrape granita to loosen. Spoon granita into bowls or lime halves; drizzle with créme fraîche, garnish with candied mint leaves, and serve immediately.
LIME GRANITA AND CANDIED LIME ZEST
Provided by Food Network
Time 4h
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Put all ingredients except lime zest in a pot and bring to a boil. Strain and pour into shallow pan. Place in freezer and every twenty minutes stir with a fork until ice crystals form and it is nice and fluffy. Candied lime zest: Cover the zest with cold water and bring to a boil. Strain zest and repeat process 3 times. After the fourth time add 1 cup water and 1/2 cup sugar and cook slowly until zest is soft. Remove zest to parchment paper and cool. Use as a garnish for the granita.
GINGER-LIME GRANITA
Steps:
- Special equipment: a meat tenderizer
- Combine 5 cups water and the turbinado sugar and ginger in a medium pot. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then turn off the heat and stir in the lime juice. Let cool to room temperature.
- Pour the mixture into a 9-by-13-inch metal baking pan and place in the freezer. Freeze until completely frozen, about 4 hours or up to overnight.
- Take the pan out of the freezer when it becomes a giant ice cube. Smash the frozen block with a meat tenderizer and scoop crushed granita into chilled martini glasses. Garnish with lime zest and serve immediately. Freeze any remaining granita until ready to serve.
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