Cucumber Lemon Granita (Veggie Desserts Cookbook)

Name: Cucumber Lemon Granita (Veggie Desserts Cookbook)
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 4 h 5 min
Yield: 6 serving
Ingredients: 500 ml water; 250 g caster sugar; 300 g cucumber; 250 ml lemon juice

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Prep Time
4 hrs
Cook Time
mins
Total Time
4 hrs 5 mins
Servings
6
Calories
176 kcal
Cuisine
Italian

Cucumber Lemon Granita (Veggie Desserts Cookbook)

Yuliana Reed

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This cucumber lemon granita is easy to make and refreshing. In this sweet icy treat, the sharp lemon and cool cucumber pair beautifully.*Most of the prep time is waiting for the granita to cool and freeze.

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Ingredients

Servings

500 ml water
250 g caster sugar (superfine)
300 g cucumber (approx 1 cucumber), unpeeled
250 ml lemon juice (approx 5 lemons)

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Instructions

Put the water into the saucepan and bring to the boil. Add the sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves completely, then remove from the heat and allow it to cool, which will take about 30 minutes.
Cut the unpeeled cucumber in half lengthways. Run a teaspoon along the length to scoop out the seeds and discard.
Cut the remaining cucumber into chunks and puree in a food processor or with a hand blender. Measure out 250ml/9fl ozof the cucumber and use the rest for something else (see tip above).
Combine the cucumber puree and lemon juice and press through a fine-mesh strainer/sieve over a bowl to collect the juice. Add the cucumber lemon juice to the sugar syrup and stir.
Pour the mixture into a shallow freezer container and freeze for 30 minutes, or until ice crystals form around the edges. Break up the ice crystals wiht a fork, then return to the freezer.
Repeat every 30 minutes, 3-4 times until the granita is fluffy and completely made of ice crystals.
Scrape into dishes to serve. If the granita becomes too firm before serving, allow it to soften in the fridge until you can scrape it again.

Notes

Tip: Any leftover cucumber puree is lovely stirred into sparkling water with a squeeze of lemon or added to a gin and tonic.

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Calories 176kcal (9%) Carbohydrates 45g (15%) Sodium 6mg (0%) Potassium 110mg (3%) Sugar 43g (86%) Vitamin A 35IU (1%) Vitamin C 17.7mg (20%) Calcium 12mg (1%) Iron 0.1mg (1%)