Dessert  Recipes - Lemon Granita Recipe

Ingredients

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup granulated sugar

• 300 ml/1 1/5 cups water

• Finely grated rind and juice of 2 lemons

• Bottled lemon juice

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Method:

1. Put the sugar and water in a saucepan and heat gently, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved.

2. Bring to the boil and boil without stirring for 5 minutes. Leave to cool.

3. Make the lemon rind and juice up to 250 ml/1 cup with bottled lemon juice. Stir into the syrup.

4. Turn into a freezer proof container and freeze until half-frozen. Whisk with a fork to break up the ice crystals. Freeze again until firm.

5. Turn out of the container and crush coarsely. Serve immediately in rough chunks.