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Fresh Berries with Red Wine Granita
Inspired by Savoring Provence, by Diane Holuigue (Oxmoor House, 2002).
A granita is a kind of flavored ice reminiscent of childhood sno-cones, but this version is both very grown up and very, very French. Here, the tender sweetness of fresh seasonal berries (your choice of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries or any mixture thereof) melds beautifully with the refreshingly tart, cool granita–and you don’t need an ice-cream maker to make it, either.
This is how a summer meal ends in provincial France. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint and you have yourself a real dream of a dessert.
INGREDIENTS
4 cups fresh seasonal berries
1 tablespoon sugar
Fresh mint sprigs for garnish
Granita
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup water
2 cups dry red wine
Juice of 1 orange
1. Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Pour this syrup in a bowl and refrigerate about 30 minutes until cold.
2. Combine red wine and orange juice with syrup, stirring to mix thoroughly. Pour into a non-reactive metal pan, approximately 8 by 10 inches, and 1 inch deep. (The liquid should be about 1/2 inch deep in the pan.) Put the pan in the freezer for about 2 hours, then remove and stir with a fork to break up the crystals. Return the pan to the freezer. In 30 minutes, remove pan again and break up crystals with the fork. Repeat this process until the granita begins to firm. Then remove pan every 15 minutes and break up crystals until all of the liquid has transformed into well-separated granules. The entire process should take about 4 or 5 hours.
3. Put the berries in a bowl, sprinkle with sugar, and stir gently to combine. Set aside.
4. Chill individual bowls in the freezer. When ready to serve, spoon some granita into each bowl, then top with mixed berries. Garnish with sprigs of mint.
Serves 8.
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add your comment »Sounds fabulous! Viva la Bastille. Vie la Paris e France. I love France. I understand written French better then writing it so far. i don't get to speak or write in French as much as I would like to...working on changing that, I hope!
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I'm making this right now with fresh-picked blackberries, and some variations: raspberry Italian soda syrup instead of wine, lemon juice instead of orange, and no sugar. And I cheated and just threw it in the blender instead of cooking it down. xP
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I'm an alcoholic, I'm going to try to make a virgin verssion of it with a non-alcoholic wine. Wish me luck!
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oh My God! I am a keralite, an Indian i wont get any such ingredients here so how can iprepare this dish?i will tell one kerala dish.
Take some whole wheat flour and make it a paste. Make sure that the consistency is semi solid only. Take 2 large onion and cut into small pieces and mix this to the flour paste . Add one green chili which is cut into small pieces also into the same with the required salt. And smear a little oil on a hot pan and with the help of a big spoon spread some flour paste on the pan and allow it to be cooked well. turn it so that the other side is also cooked well. Let it cool a little.and Eat it! savor the taste!This is a kerala breakfast or lunch dish.
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I'll toast to it.
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You're making me very hungry and it's too early to eat.
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