Granita is a light fruit dessert made from frozen juice that It is good to have always in the freezer in the summer heat. From fruit ice, it has a loose structure, so when granite freezing periodically scraped with forks to become a delicious snow mass. Make Italian Granite from freshly squeezed orange juice with the addition of orange liqueur, insisting on a mixture of several branches of basil for more bright unusual aroma. After freezing orange granite can be served in orange peel bowls. Your guests will appreciate this original treat.
The author of the recipe is Wolfgang Pak, a professional chef, culinary writer
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Time: 4 hours. 55 minutes Difficulty: easy Servings: 6 In the recipes volumetric containers are used in volume: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cups (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (Art.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 6 oranges
- 4 tbsp. freshly squeezed orange juice
- Sugar to taste
- 3 sprigs of basil
- 2 tbsp. l Orange Liqueur (Recommended: Grand Marnier)
Recipes with similar ingredients: Oranges, Orange Juice, Grand Marnier liquor, Orange liquor, basil
Recipe preparation:
- Wash the oranges. Cut 1/4 of the oranges from the top and cut a small piece from the bottom so that they stand evenly.
- Use a grapefruit knife to cut the flesh from oranges and put it in a sieve installed above the bowl. Be careful, so as not to cut through the bottom of the orange. Arrange the oranges on a baking sheet put in the freezer and freeze until they become solid.
- Rub the pulp of oranges through a sieve to extract all the juice. You should get about 1.5 to 1 and 3/4 tbsp. orange juice. Add an additional 4 tbsp. orange juice. Mix sugar in a tablespoon at a time until the mixture becomes sweet to your liking. Add basil and orange liquor and let it brew for 15 minutes.
- Strain the mixture in a pan or in a baking dish. Dish should be large enough so that the liquid is not deep more than 2.5 cm. Put in the freezer for at least 1 hour. Remove from the freezer and scrape with 2 forks to loosen ice. Return to the freezer and leave to harden for about another for 2-3 hours, scraping forks about every hour.
- When the granite hardens, lay it in bowls of orange crust and serve immediately.
