Apricot Granita

Name: Apricot Granita
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: 2 pounds ripe apricots; 1 cup sugar, or more to taste; 3/4 cup water; Juice of 1/2 lemon

December 9, 2011

Recipe information

Yield
serves 8

Ingredients

2 pounds ripe apricots

1 cup sugar, or more to taste

3/4 cup water

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Preparation

Step 1
Wash the apricots and remove stones and stems.
Step 2
Put the sugar in a pan with the water and lemon juice and bring to the boil (this amount of sugar gives a tart, not-too-sweet taste). Simmer 5 minutes and let it cool.
Step 3
Turn the apricots to a paste in a blender or food processor. Add the syrup and blend to a cream.
Step 4
Continue as in the “basic method” (page 423).

Cover of Claudia Roden's The New Book of Middle Easter Food, featuring a blue filigree bowl filled with Meyer lemons and sprigs of mint.

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