Red Fruit Tea Granita

A simple Italian style granita made from strong red fruit tea, sugar and lemon, frozen and raked into icy flakes.

Red Fruit Tea Granita

A granita is the easiest frozen pudding going: brew the tea good and strong, sweeten it while it is hot, freeze it flat, then rake it into icy flakes with a fork. The red fruit notes in this Lipton blend hold up well once frozen, and a decent squeeze of lemon keeps it sharp rather than sugary. Lovely after a summer lunch, and it costs next to nothing to put together.

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⏱ 2 hr 30 min 🍽 Serves 4 📊 Easy 📚 Fruit Tea Recipes

You'll need

Method

  1. Brew the 4 bags in 600ml just off boil water and steep for six minutes, then lift the bags out. Keep it strong, as freezing dulls the flavour.
  2. Stir in the sugar while the tea is still hot so it dissolves cleanly, then mix in the lemon juice. Leave to cool for ten minutes.
  3. Pour into the tray and freeze for thirty minutes.
  4. Drag a fork through it every thirty minutes for about two hours, breaking up the ice each time, until the whole tray is loose, glittering crystals.
  5. Fork it through one last time and spoon into chilled bowls.
  6. Scatter a few fresh raspberries or sliced strawberries over the top to dress it up.
What you'll end up with: Four bowls of light, icy red fruit flakes, sharp with lemon and not too sweet.

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