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
- 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.
- 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.
Nutrition
- 162kcals Calories
- none Fat
- none Protein
- 29.7g (25.2g sugars) Carbs
- none Salt
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