Gingered Cranberry Granita Recipe

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“This recipe is elegant but easy and so refreshing! For an alternative garnish, try dried, sweetened cranberries.” Lisa Keys – Middlebury, Connecticut

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Gingered Cranberry Granita Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + freezing

Yield: 4 Servings

15 5 20

Ingredients

2 cups cranberry juice
1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar, divided
4 orange peel strips (1 to 3 inches)
1 tablespoon minced crystallized ginger
4 fresh mint leaves

Directions

In a small saucepan, bring the cranberry juice, 1/4 cup sugar and orange peel to a boil. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat; stir in ginger.
Place remaining sugar in a small bowl. Remove orange peel from syrup; add to sugar, one piece at a time, and shake to coat. Place in a single layer on a foil-lined plate. Let stand overnight. Cover remaining sugar; set aside.
Transfer cranberry mixture to a 1-qt. 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.
Lightly moisten mint with cold water; dip in remaining sugar to coat. Garnish granita with mint and candied orange peel. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving equals 156 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 5 mg sodium, 40 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Gingered Cranberry Granita in Healthy Cooking April/May 2009, p40