Granita is a frozen ice dessert – delicate, intensely flavoured flakes of chill, crystalline wonderfulness. It is the ideal dinner party dessert because you can bang it up way in advance and simply serve at the point of desire.
This version is ‘Turkish Delight’ and gin flavoured; a blend of rose, cardamon, lemon and a good slug of gin. Served with a scoop of natural yoghurt and a sprig of fragrant mint, it makes just a lovely treat for a hot day or after dinner dessert. Enjoy.
This version is ‘Turkish Delight’ and gin flavoured; a blend of rose, cardamon, lemon and a good slug of gin. Served with a scoop of natural yoghurt and a sprig of fragrant mint, it makes just a lovely treat for a hot day or after dinner dessert. Enjoy.
Recipe
Ingredients (Serves 6):
635ml water (2.5 cups)
100g white sugar
Juice of 2-3 lemon (add more as desired)
25ml rose syrup
2 green cardamon pods, crushed so that they crack slightly
5 tablespoons of gin
6 tablespoons of natural yoghurt
Garnish: sprigs of fresh mint
Ingredients (Serves 6):
635ml water (2.5 cups)
100g white sugar
Juice of 2-3 lemon (add more as desired)
25ml rose syrup
2 green cardamon pods, crushed so that they crack slightly
5 tablespoons of gin
6 tablespoons of natural yoghurt
Garnish: sprigs of fresh mint
Method:
1. Place the water, cardamon pods and sugar into a saucepan and heat until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and add the rose syrup.
2. Leave, uncovered, until cooled. Add the gin and lemon juice. Taste for seasoning – add more syrup or lemon juice if required.
3. Place into the freezer and leave for around 30 minutes. Then take a fork and scrape away the forming ice crystals from the edges and break up any larger pieces forming in the middle. Leave for another 30 minutes and repeat. Repeat this until it is all frozen and until you have broken it all up into light, dry and fluffy ice crystals which are intensely flavoured. Approx. 3 hours.
4. When ready to serve, scoop into glasses or bowls and place on top a spoonful of natural yoghurt and a sprig of mint. Serve immediately.
1. Place the water, cardamon pods and sugar into a saucepan and heat until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and add the rose syrup.
2. Leave, uncovered, until cooled. Add the gin and lemon juice. Taste for seasoning – add more syrup or lemon juice if required.
3. Place into the freezer and leave for around 30 minutes. Then take a fork and scrape away the forming ice crystals from the edges and break up any larger pieces forming in the middle. Leave for another 30 minutes and repeat. Repeat this until it is all frozen and until you have broken it all up into light, dry and fluffy ice crystals which are intensely flavoured. Approx. 3 hours.
4. When ready to serve, scoop into glasses or bowls and place on top a spoonful of natural yoghurt and a sprig of mint. Serve immediately.
