Strawberry Granita

Name: Strawberry Granita
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters fresh lemon juice; 1 pinch Pinch of salt; 454 grams ripe strawberries, hulled and sliced; 177 milliliters sugar

Strawberry Granitan is a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegan recipe with 6 servings. This dessert has 123 calories, 1g of protein, and 0g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Mother's Day will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up lemon juice, salt, strawberries, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 10 minutes.

Instructions

Place an 8-inch square baking pan in the freezer. Puree strawberries with sugar and salt in a food processor.

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Strawberries

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Baking Pan

Add 1 1/2 cups water and lemon juice and pulse to combine.

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Lemon Juice

Water

Pour through a large fine-mesh sieve set over a large glass measure or bowl, pressing hard on solids to extract as much liquid as possible.

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Extract

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Sieve

Bowl

Pour mixture into cold baking pan.

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Baking Pan

Cover tightly with aluminum foil and freeze for 1 hour, or until ice crystals form around edges. Stir mixture well with a fork to incorporate ice and break up any chunks. Continue to freeze, scraping ice at edges into center and breaking up pieces with a fork every 30 minutes, for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, until granita is granular but still slightly slushy.

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Ice

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Aluminum Foil

Use a fork to scrape across granita surface, transferring ice shards to glasses or bowls, and serve immediately, garnished with whipped cream, if desired.

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Whipped Cream