Gin and tonic granita

  • Portion size: Serves 8
  • Takes 15 minutes to make, 5-10 minutes to cook, plus freezing
  • Difficulty: easy

Up your gin and tonic game with this granita recipe. You can make it ahead of time and it makes sophisticated palate cleanser or dessert. (We’ve got a similar granita with gin and elderflower, too.)

 

 

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Ingredients

  • 100ml water
  • 200g caster or granulated sugar
  • 150ml good-quality gin (we like Bombay Sapphire or Beefeater)
  • 500ml good-quality tonic water (without saccharin)
  • Juice of 2 lemons
  • Edible flower petals (from firstleaf.co.uk or nicholsonsherbfarm.com, optional) to serve
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Method

  1. Heat the water with the sugar for about 5 minutes until dissolved. Add the remaining ingredients and pour into a freezer-proof container. Cool to room temperature, then freeze. After 1 hour, remove and whisk with a fork (or whizz in a food processor) to break up the ice crystals, then return to the freezer.
  2. Repeat after another hour. Before serving, break up the granita with a fork to give it a softer texture. Serve topped with edible flower petals, such as violas, if you like.
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  • Nutrition

    • 162kcals Calories
    • none Fat
    • none Protein
    • 29.7g (25.2g sugars) Carbs
    • none Salt
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