Fancy Schmancy Citrus Granita

By Sharon123 on June 02, 2008

25 Characters Max

Enter Time:

:
:
Start

You can create up to five timers

Ingredients

    1. 3/4-1 cup sugar
    2. 1 cup water
    3. 1/4 cup packed fresh basil leaf
    4. 4 1/4 cups fresh orange juice
    5. 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice ( or lime juice)
    6. 1/2 cup grapefruit juice
    7. 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    8. 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
    9. basil sprig ( to garnish)
    10. lemon, wheel ( to garnish, or lime wheel) (optional)

Directions

  1. In a small saucepan, bring the sugar and 1 cup water to a simmer over medium low heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat. Stir in basil and let syrup stand for about 15 minutes.
  2. Now stir together orange juice, lemon juice, grapefruit juice, vanilla and salt in a medium bowl. Pour basil syrup through a fine sieve into the citrus juice mixture; discard basil.
  3. Move the mixture to a 9"x13" shallow glass or nonreactive dish. Chill in the freezer until edges are frozen, about 1 1/2 hours. Remove from the freezer; scrape with a fork, pulling from the edges into center. Return to the freezer. Repeat process every 30 minutes until the mix is the texture of shaved ice, about 4 hours. Spoon into serving bowls and garnish with a basil sprig and lemon wheel, if using. This makes it fancy! Now eat it up!
 
© 2013 Scripps Networks, LLC. All Rights Reserved.