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🍽️ Refreshing Lime Granita with Ginger and Pomegranate

208 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Wash the limes under hot water and pat them dry.
  2. 2. Finely grate the green zest of the limes.
  3. 3. Squeeze the juice from the limes.
  4. 4. Slice the ginger into thin rounds.
  5. 5. Add the sugar, 350 milliliters of water, the ginger slices, and the lime zest to a pot.
  6. 6. Bring the mixture to a boil on the stove.
  7. 7. Let the mixture simmer for about 5 minutes.
  8. 8. Remove the pot from the heat.
  9. 9. Pour the liquid through a fine mesh sieve to remove the ginger and zest.
  10. 10. Let the syrup mixture cool down.
  11. 11. Stir the lime juice and liqueur into the cooled syrup.
  12. 12. Pour the mixture into a metal container.
  13. 13. Place the container in the freezer.
  14. 14. Freeze the granita for at least 4 hours.
  15. 15. Stir the mixture vigorously with a fork every 20 minutes during the first 3 hours.
  16. 16. Press around the pomegranate to loosen the seeds.
  17. 17. Cut the pomegranate in half.
  18. 18. Tap the seeds out of the skin.
  19. 19. Stir the granita again once it is frozen with fine crystals.
  20. 20. Fold the pomegranate seeds into the granita.
  21. 21. Fill the granita into glasses.
  22. 22. Pour a splash of mineral water into each glass.
  23. 23. Serve the dessert immediately.

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