Grape Granita / Grapes Granita - Summer Special Recipes

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Now back to the recipe, I was waiting to post this recipe for the past couple of days..This recipe is similar to my grape popsicles, without any shame i am using the same pics. I love making granita's, check out the watermelon granita which i posted before..This recipe is awesome and very refreshing. I hope you will love this as much as we did..

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time : 5 mins for making sugar syrup
Serves 6 to 7 (a little more than 1/2 cup measure)

Ingredients:

Grapes - 500 gms
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Water - 1 cup

Method:

Start by making sugar syrup, take sugar and water in a sauce pan and heat it till dissolved. Set aside till it cools down.

Take grapes in a blender and make into a fine puree.

Pour that over a strainer and press using a spactula till it is all pressed and juice is extracted. 

Now add the sugar syrup over this and mix well.


Now pour this in a freezer safe shallow container and put in deep freeze and allow it to set overnight.

Now take it out and use a fork or spoon and scrape it so that it forms like a crushed grape ice..

Return back to the freezer till you serve.

Spoon into serving glass and serve immediately.

Pictorial:

You will need grapes, sugar and some water

bring water to a boil

add sugar to it

and heat gently..

till everything is combined..

let it sit for a while..

grab some fresh grapes

add it to the blender

Puree it to smooth

till it is blended nicely..

pass this through a strainer..

and remove all the juice from it..

fresh pure grape juice..

now add the sugar syrup in this..

mix well

Pour in freezer safe containers..

cover with a lid..

and put in deep freeze..

let it set till rock hard..

grab a spoon and scrape it off..

till it is coarse and looks like a granita

Serve