Time: 1 hour.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 6

This Italian dessert is made with strong brewed coffee, mixed with sugar, and frozen. To ensure the granita has a crystalline texture, scrape and stir the frozen coffee mixture with forks every half hour. Serve the granita in elegant champagne flutes, layered with whipped cream. It perfectly complements the rich flavor of the espresso. The dessert is as delicious and invigorating as coffee, yet as refreshing as ice cream.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of strong coffee
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 0.5 cups heavy cream

Substituting ingredients
Measuring containers used

1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

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Preparation:

Step 1
• Mix the coffee and sugar until the sugar dissolves. Pour into a freezer-safe container. Place in the freezer and scrape with a fork every 30 minutes until completely frozen. In a bowl, whip the cream until soft peaks form.
Step 2
• In a tall champagne glass, layer alternating layers of granita and whipped cream.

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Author of the recipe - Kathleen Daelemans is a food writer.