40. Carrot Granita

Granitas are an interesting frozen dessert in that they are best in small quantities. That’s in contrast to their cousins the Slurpee, the Italian ice, and shave ice, which are served in larger portions and, in my case, always guaranteed to produce a brain freeze. All consist of frozen, flavoured water except shave ice, which is flavoured, frozen water.

I’ve worked in restaurants where the granitas are frozen so hard that the poor apprentice cook who has to scrape the surface with a