Lemon Ricotta Granita
"A recipe I saw on Everyday Italian (my faaavourite cooking show), sounds a little weird, but trust me, it's GREAT!"
- Ready In:
- 5hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 3⁄4 cup sugar, plus
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2⁄3 cup strained fresh lemon juice
- 3⁄4 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 lemon, zest of
directions
- Stir the water and 3/4 cup of sugar in a medium saucepan over high heat just until the sugar dissolves.
- Whisk in the lemon juice.
- Pour the lemon mixture into an 8-inch square glass dish.
- Cover and freeze, stirring occasionally, until the liquid just becomes slushy, about 2 hours.
- Using a fork, scrape the granita every 30 minutes until it is completely made up of ice crystals.
- (The granita can be prepared up to 2 days ahead. Cover and keep frozen, and scrape every so often so that the crystals stay loose.).
- Whisk the ricotta, remaining sugar, and pinch of salt in a medium bowl to blend.
- Spoon the granita into dessert bowls.
- Top with a dollop of the ricotta.
- Zest the lemon peel over the desserts and serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Culinary school drop-out (happy cook)!
My name is Meg, as my public name might suggest, and I'm 20 years old. So far, I've been a cook my whole life, at home and in restaurants, working as a Baker's Assistant right now. I was raised in a commercial bakery and general store as well run by my aunt and mom. I'm engaged to an amazing guy, who I met in high school in a restaurant prep course. We both went to college for Culinary Arts/Chef Training, but neither found the program very satisfying. As it stands, we're both happiest cooking, so long as it's not in a kitchen lab.
I've been nosing around 'Zaar since I was about 13 or 14, and it's been a huge source of learning for me, back when I didn't even know what a roux was, haha. If you've seen me around before, I'm the former SugarMegnolia.
Also, I write a blog, however, I'm not always the best at keeping up with it, but try to put in my best effort whenever I get around to writing. The link is here, please give it a quick look-see!
