Great Big Fortune Cookies with Pomegranate Granita

Name: Great Big Fortune Cookies with Pomegranate Granita
Prep time: 38 min
Cook time: 38 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps butter; 2 egg whites, room temperature; 1 all-purpose flour, sifted; 2 sheets gelatin, sponged; 118 milliliters lime juice; 473 milliliters fresh pomegranate juice; 8 servings Paper fortunes; 237 milliliters simple syrup; 59 milliliters sugar; 0 teaspoons vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Great Big Fortune Cookies with Pomegranate Granitan a try. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 259 calories, 2g of protein, and 9g of fat. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up pomegranate juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 38 minutes.

Instructions

To make the Granita: In a bowl whisk the liquids together. Take off 1/2 cup of the liquid, add the sponged gelatin and warm it to melt the gelatin.

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Gelatin

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Whisk

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Combine all the liquids and pour into an 8 by 8-inch pan. Freeze overnight. Scrape the next day into a freezer container.

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Frying Pan

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Cut a stencil out of a plastic coffee can lid in the shape of a 6-inch disk.

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Coffee

Whip the egg whites until stiff and chill.

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Egg Whites

In a mixer, cream the butter; then add the sugar and continue mixing.

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Butter

Cream

Sugar

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Blender

Add the flour and blend in; then add the vanilla and blend again.

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Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Add the chilled egg whites and mix on low until well incorporated and the batter is smooth.

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Egg Whites

With a small offset spatula, spread batter through the stencil onto a silicone baking mat- or parchment paper-lined cookie sheet, about 4 per cookie sheet.

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Spread

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Offset Spatula

Baking Sheet

Bake until light golden brown, 7 to 8 minutes.

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Oven

Quickly remove the pan from the oven and 1 at a time place a fortune across the center with a bit hanging out. Fold cookie circle in half over fortune; then in half again with flaps only slightly overlapping each other, bringing the opposing sides together and pinch.

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Let cool.

Serve next to a frozen bowl of granita.

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