Cranberry-Champagne Granita Recipe

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After serving a heavy holiday meal, I like to offer a light, refreshing dessert, like this gorgeous granita. Because it can be made ahead, there's no last-minute fuss. —Joyce Gemperlein, Rockville, Maryland

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Cranberry-Champagne Granita Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + freezing

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

3-1/2 teaspoons grated lime peel
1-3/4 cups unsweetened cranberry juice
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-3/4 cups Champagne

Directions

Place the lime peel in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Drain and discard liquid; set the peel aside.
In a small saucepan, bring cranberry juice and sugar to a boil. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat; stir in champagne and lime peel.
Transfer to a 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. dish; cool to room temperature. Freeze for 1 hour; stir with a fork. Freeze 2-3 hours longer or until completely frozen, stirring every 30 minutes.
Stir granita with a fork just before serving; spoon into dessert dishes. Yield: 4 cups.

Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with R.W. Knudsen unsweetened cranberry juice. Look for it in the health food aisle.

Nutritional Facts 1/2 cup equals 196 calories, trace fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 7 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Cranberry-Champagne Granita in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2010, p27