After a hot weather week, I was trying to choose a dessert to make for a dinner party. I've seen tv chefs make granitas on food network and I've always been curious about them. i found this recipe online from smitten kitchen and it looked easy enough to replicate. i bought some organic lemons and mint leaves from the grocery store and gathered some sugar from home. i juiced the lemons and scraped out the insides to make a little lemon cup to be frozen later. i then used our super high tech JJ blenders to blend the lemon juice and mint leaves. after letting the lemon mixture set and infuse with the mint, i added some sugar and water and poured everything into a glass pan. i put the pan into the freezer and after an hour, i used a fork and scraped the mixture across the pan to form little ice crystals. i then repeated the process 2 more times until the ice crystals were snow cone-like. to make the presentation a little more fun, i scooped the granita into the frozen lemon cups to serve. this is a great dessert for a nice hot day...though as luck would have it, the night was cold. if i were to revisit this recipe, i would probably cut down on the mint so the flavor is more subtle on the mint, and stronger on the lemon. perhaps raspberry lemon granitas next time?
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