Granita      Overview

      Granita (grah-NEE-tah: In Italian also granita siciliana) is a semi-frozen dessert of sugar, water, and flavorings from Sicily, Italy. Related to sorbet and italian ice, in most of Sicily it has a coarser, more crystalline texture.
 

      Common and traditional flavoring ingredients include lemon juice, mandarin oranges, coffee, almonds, mint, and when in season wild strawberries and black mulberries. Chocolate granitas have a tradition in the city of Catania and, according to Steingarten, nowhere else in Sicily. The nuances of the Sicilian ingredients are important to the flavor of the finished granita: Sicilian lemons are a less acidic, more floral variety similar to Meyer lemons, while the almonds used contain some number of bitter almonds, crucial to the signature almond flavor.

      Granita with coffee is very common in the city of Messina, while granita with almonds is popular in the city of Catania.

Flavors

Coffee Al Granita
Frutti Di Bosco
Red Wine
Pineapple
Kiwi
Mango Peach
Peach
Green Apple
Red Cherries
Almond Granita

I am trying different types, would you care to join in making some unusual flavors?

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