Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Cool and simple

These are great on their own, but if you can serve them together you won't be disappointed. The flavors compliment each other very well.

Chocolate Granita
2 cups water
¼ cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup agave nectar
½ teaspoon sea salt

1 Combine water, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, agave nectar and sea salt in a blender.

2 Pour mixture into a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Freeze overnight.

3 Scrape the frozen mixture with a fork until all the frozen pieces are broken into small shavings.

Servings: 4

Lemon Granita
2 cups water
1 cup lemon juice (about 6 medium lemons)
½ cup agave nectar
½ teaspoon sea salt

1 Combine water, lemon juice, agave nectar and sea salt in a blender.

2 Pour mixture into a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Freeze overnight.

3 Scrape the frozen mixture with a fork until all the frozen pieces are broken into small shavings.
Servings: 4


Mint Granita
2 cups coconut water (approximately 2 coconuts)
1 cup (lightly packed) fresh mint leaves
¼ cup agave nectar
½ teaspoon sea salt

1 Place mint leaves on Teflex sheet and dehydrate at 100 degrees for an hour.

2 Combine coconut water, dehydrated mint leaves, agave nectar and sea salt in a blender.

3 Pour mixture into a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Freeze overnight.

4 Scrape the frozen mixture with a fork until all the frozen pieces are broken into small shavings.

Servings: 4

1 comments:

raw by default said...

Simple is right! I never would have thought of doing this in a baking dish... I would have thought you'd need a special machine. I'll have to try this next summer when I'm craving something sweet and cooling!