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Granita
A.K.A Granité (French)
Granita is a frozen, sugar syrup based and fruit juice, fruit puree or otherwise flavored dessert originally from Sicily/Italy. It is said that the Arabs introduced the art of making flavored ice as an refreshment.
In general a granita, contrary to ice creams or sherbets, is not churned. The ingredients are mixed together and frozen in a container, stirring the mixture only occasionally. To serve the granita, the flavored ice is shaven or scraped off the with a spoon and served immediately.
The name granita, obviously stems from granite the rock/stone and describes the actual state of the frozen mixture before shaving which is very solid and hard.
These days, granitas are often served instead of a sherbet as a palate cleanser, on its own or as part of a dessert, or as a chilled/frozen garnish to a dish with cured or smoked product e.g. caviar with vodka-lime granita or champagne granita.
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