Elderflower, Cucumber and Lime Granita

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
What to Eat Now (Spring & Summer)

By Valentine Warner

Published 2009

  • About

On a hot day, this rough-and-ready cool green sorbet is even more refreshing than ice-cream.

Ingredients

Method

Peel the cucumbers and cut them into short lengths. Put them in a food processor and blend to a pulp. Pour the pulp into a fine sieve set above a bowl and use a ladle to squeeze the juice from the pulp into the bowl - you should end up with around 450ml. Discard the pulp.

Squeeze the limes. Add the cordial and lime juice to the cucumber liquid and stir well. Try a little on a teaspoon a