Blood Orange Granita with Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

Blood Orange Granita with Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

  • 1 cup water
  • 10 tablespoons sugar
  • 4 cups chilled fresh blood orange juice or fresh orange juice, strained
  • 1 pint vanilla ice cream, for serving
  1. In a small saucepan, combine the water and sugar and bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature.
  2. In a 9-by-13-inch glass or ceramic baking dish, stir the sugar syrup into the blood orange juice. Freeze for about 1 hour, or until ice crystals form around the edge. Using a fork, stir the crystals into the center and freeze for about 30 minutes, until a thicker rim of crystals forms around the edges. Stir again and freeze for about 1 hour longer, stirring every 15 minutes or so until all the juice is frozen.
  3. Scoop the granita into 8 bowls, top with vanilla ice cream and serve immediately.
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