Spiced Red Wine and Pomegranate Granita

Name: Spiced Red Wine and Pomegranate Granita
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 7
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 stick (5-inch) cinnamon; 473 milliliters merlot or other dry red wine; 3 (3 x 1-inch) orange rind strips; 59 milliliters sugar; 454 grams pomegranate-tangerine juice (such as POM Wonderful); 828 milliliters fat-free canned refrigerated whipped topping (such as Reddi-wip)

Need a gluten free and dairy free dessert? Spiced Red Wine and Pomegranate Granita could be an excellent recipe to try. This recipe makes 7 servings with 202 calories, 2g of protein, and 5g of fat each. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up whipped topping, merlot, pomegranate-tangerine juice, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Bring first 5 ingredients to a simmer in a large saucepan over medium heat.

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes. Strain mixture through a sieve into a bowl; discard solids. Stir juice into wine mixture.

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Juice

Wine

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Sieve

Bowl

Pour mixture into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Freeze, uncovered, 1 hour. Scrape entire mixture with a fork to break up ice crystals. Freeze an additional 1 hour, scraping again with a fork after 30 minutes.

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Ice

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Baking Pan

Scoop 1/4 cup granita into each of 7 (10-ounce) stemmed glasses; top each with 2 tablespoons whipped topping. Repeat layers 3 times, ending with whipped topping.

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Whipped Topping

Granita Tips: Although mixtures freeze faster in metal pans, we used a glass dish because this recipe has a high acid content from the wine, and the acid might react with an aluminum pan. A fork is the best utensil to scrape the frozen mixture because it produces a nice fine-grained ice.

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Wine

Ice

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Frying Pan