Plum Granita with Summer Fruit |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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This fruit ice is flavored with cinnamon and allspice. It is garnished with slices of peach, nectarine and plum; other seasonal fruit would work, too. Follow with iced espresso. Ingredients:
3/4 cup water |
1/2 cup sugar |
2 whole allspice |
1 cinnamon stick |
1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise |
1 1/2 pounds plums, preferably red-fleshed (about 7 large), pitted, cut into 3/4-inch pieces |
1 peach, pitted, thinly sliced |
1 nectarine, pitted, thinly sliced |
1 plum, pitted, thinly sliced |
Directions:
1. Combine water, sugar, allspice and cinnamon in heavy small saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Bring to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat and simmer until liquid is reduced to 3/4 cup, about 2 minutes. Cool syrup completely.
2. Puree 1 1/2 pounds plums in processor. Press enough puree through sieve to measure 1 1/2 cups. Strain syrup into puree and blend well. Transfer mixture to 9x5x3-inch glass loaf dish. Freeze plum mixture until flaky crystals form, stirring every 30 minutes, about 4 hours. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover; keep frozen.)
3. Spoon granita into 4 glass goblets. Top with peach, nectarine and plum slices and serve immediately.
4. Per Serving: calories, 102; total fat, 0.5g; saturated fat, 0.5g; cholesterol, 0mg. Nutritional analysis provided by Bon Appétit
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