Coconut Granita

Name: Coconut Granita
Prep time: 15

5 out of 5 stars (based on 13 reviews)

15 min prep

4 servings

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6 ingredients

One of the first harbingers of summer in New York, especially above west 96^th St, is the appearance on our street corners of carts selling ‘coco helado,’ or coconut ice. These little ices are a...

1¼ cups coconut milk
¾ cup cold water
¼ cup unsweetened toasted coconut flakes
½ teaspoon lime zest
Juice from 1 lime
3 tablespoons to ¼ cup sugar, to taste

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Nutrition Facts

Calories

216 cals

Fat

19 g

Saturated Fat

17 g

Polyunsaturated Fat

0 g

Monounsaturated Fat

1 g

Carbohydrates

15 g

Sugar

10 g

Fiber

1 g

Protein

2 g

Sodium

13 mg

Directions

Mix all the ingredients together until well blended. Taste for sweetness.
Pour into a 9 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking pan and put into the freezer. After 30 minutes, with a fork scrape to form flaky texture. Continue to scrape the surface every 30 minutes until you have a fluffy snowy consistency. Serve or keep in an airtight container in the freezer, scraping every so often to keep a light texture.

Chef Tips

If you’re planning on eating this as a dessert for a dinner, be sure that it’s the first thing you make so that it has enough time to freeze. You can also make granita ahead of time. Here’s how:

Put the fluffed granita into a container as per step 2 but leave it in the freezer. It will harden.
To serve: 10 to 15 minutes before eating, put the container in the main body of your fridge to soften it slightly. If you have a microwave, nuke it for 5-10 seconds, just as you would to soften hard ice cream. Fluff with a fork and serve immediately.

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