Author Notes
This recipe came about from a recent, but dim, memory of someone blogging that they disliked the green apple-basil-ginger granita at a certain restaurant as much as they enjoyed the chocolate something-or-another. I thought, what's not to like? An internet search yielded all sorts of variations; I believe the original one came from Gourmet in July 2003, which guided me to the proportions used here.. —Hugetracts
Ingredients
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1 1/2 tablespoons
chopped candied ginger
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1/4 cup
sugar
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2 tablespoons
fresh basil, chopped
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3 1/2 cups
sparkling apple cider, apple cider, or apple juice
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1/4 cup
fresh-squeezed lemon juice
Directions
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Using a blender or a mini food processor, whirl ginger, sugar and basil until finely ground
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Pour apple juice and lemon juice into a medium sized bowl, add ginger, sugar and basil, stir
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Allow ingredients to get acquainted for a few minutes, then pour through either a fine-mesh sieve or a few layers of cheesecloth into a 9 x 11 metal baking pan
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Place pan in freezer, and stir every hour or so with a fork to crush lumps until pretty much frozen, about 4 hours.
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After a final crushing, scrape into pretty glasses ... martinti glasses work great!
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