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Frozen coffee (granita)

Ingredients

• 500 ml strong hot coffee or espresso
• 100 g caster sugar
• optional: cream to serve

Method

1. Dissolve the sugar in the hot coffee and set aside to cool. Pour the mixture into a shallow dish and place in the freezer. Stir the mixture with a fork when ice crystals start forming, after about 1 hour. Repeat stirring occasionally until all liquid is frozen and you have a mass of coffee ice crystals (granita). The more often you stir, the finer the crystals will be. Store the granita in a lidded plastic container in the freezer. If you prefer the taste of white coffee, serve the granita with some double cream poured over it. Serve straight from freezer.

Variations

Use strong tea instead of coffee. Fruit or vegetable juices can be turned into frozen granules in the same way. When served with cream you may find that acidity is less of a problem than with liquid juices.