Granita de Caffe con Panna

Name: Granita de Caffe con Panna (Espresso Ice with Whipped Cream)
Yield: Makes 3 cups, enough for 4 servings
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 3 cups strong hot brewed espresso; ½ cup (or to taste) sugar; 1½ cups heavy cream; 3 tablespoons sugar; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon or 3 tablespoons Frangelico (hazelnut liqueur)

Espresso Ice with Whipped Cream

Preparation info

Makes 3 cups , enough for
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Mediterranean Kitchen

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1998

About

This is a dessert for coffee lovers. It is served in Italy during the summer and, like caffeine, may be habit forming. No matter how much you have eaten you will always find room for this dessert.

Ingredients

Granita

3 cups strong hot brewed espresso
½ cup (or to taste) sugar

Europe
Italy
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Mediterranean
Summer

Method

For the granita, stir the espresso and sugar until the sugar dissolves. Pour into a shallow metal pan or 2 metal ice cube trays (without dividers). Cover and freeze until ice crystals begin to form, 2 to 3 hours. Whisk with a fork to break up the ice crystals and return to the freezer. Repeat this process every half hour until the granita is the consistency of a crunchy slush, 2 t