|
Your online resource for all things culinary |
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Red Grapefruit Granita Veg CD DP 45mins plus freezing
Serves 4-6 Cold Vegetarian Vegan Fruit Alcohol Dessert Ices Gluten Wheat Dairy free Eggless
Ingredients 350ml/12fl.oz. Water 200g/7oz Caster Sugar 6 Juniper Berries, lightly crushed 2 Red Grapefruit, segmented and de-seeded 250ml/9fl.oz. fresh Red Grapefruit Juice 1½ tbsp Gin
Instructions
1. Place 150ml/5fl oz of the water, 50g/2oz of sugar and the juniper berries in a small saucepan, bring to the boil then remove from the heat and set aside for 30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, in another small saucepan pan, bring the remaining water and sugar to the boil and continue to coil for 5 minutes, stirring one or twice to form a syrup.
3. Place the grapefruit segments in the hot sugar syrup, allow to cool at room temperature then transfer to the refrigerator to chill.
4. Place the grapefruit juice in a large bowl then strain the sugar, water and juniper berries through a fine sieve into the grapefruit juice.
5. Add the gin, mix well, then transfer the mixture into a wide and shallow container and place in the freezer for about 1 hour, or until the granita starts to freeze and form crystals.
6. Scrape the sides of the container and mix gently to combine.
7. To serve - place a few of the marinated grapefruit segments in individual serving glasses, divide the granita between the glasses and top with a few more segments. Pour a little of the sugar syrup used to marinate the grapefruit over the fruit and granita and serve immediately.
More Dessert Recipes | Sweet Sauce Recipes | What's in Season
Overseas Visitors: If you're more used to measuring ingredients by the cup, we have the most comprehensive weight to cups conversion table on the net - both solid ingredients and liquids - so now you can easily convert our recipes to suit your preference. Click here to go to the chart. |
