Apple Mint Granita

Created at the suggestion of Sharon123 during the Zaar World Tour 4. Does not count freezing and cooling time.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Yields: 4 cups

Ingredients

• 4  cups  clear  unsweetened apple juice
• 10  mint leaves
• 4  cups  organic unsweetened applesauce
• 7  tablespoons sugar
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice, preferably fresh squeezed
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Mix apple juice and mint leaves and allow to combine overnight in refrigerator. Strain mint leaves out of apple juice.
2. Place a shallow metal pan in freezer. In a nonreactive saucepan, combine applesauce, mint flavored apple juice, sugar, lemon juice and salt. Bring to a boil, then simmer uncovered about 20 minutes.
3. Cool to room temperature.
4. Pour apple mixture into chilled pan; return to freezer. Stir every 20 minutes until it thickens into coarse crystals, about 1 hour.
5. Stir granita and mound into small cups. Serve immediately.