Joyce Goldstein

Granita de Limone

Lemon Ice

Preparation info
  • Makes >6 cups , enough for

    8

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000The Mediterranean Kitchen
The Mediterranean Kitchen

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1998

  • About

I remember eating this refreshing granita on a very hot day in Rome, sitting in a little caffe in the Piazza del Popolo. It made me forget the heat and the noise and made me want another. The lemon-flavored whipped cream is not essential, rather a gilding of the lily.

Ingredients

Granita

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • Pinch salt

Method

For the granita, mix the water, sugar, and salt in a saucepan and heat over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved. Pour into a shallow metal pan or 2 metal ice cube trays (without dividers). Stir in the lemon juice and zest. Freeze until ice crystals begin to form, about 2 hours. Whisk with a fork to break up the crystals and return to the freezer. Repeat this process every half hour