Pineapple granita
GRANITA / ITALIAN ICE – is like Indian gola – crushed / shaved ice drizzled with artificial flavours and sometimes topped with condensed milk .Granita is a form of semi frozen dessert .It is made from fruits crushed with lemon juice + water [ optional ] + sweetening agent like condensed milk /sugar / honey / honey syrup . The texture may be grainy or smooth .Instead of Sugar natural fruits , we can use fruit juices or fruit puree .Granitas are frozen for 2 hrs, then they are removed from freezer ,mixed a bit with a fork and again frozen for 2 hrs .It should not freeze like hard ice , it should be like ice flakes or shavings .
PINEAPPLE GRANITA
INGREDIENTS FOR PINEAPPLE GRANITA
- Pineapple juice – 2 cup
- Lemon juice – 1 tsp [ optional ]
INGREDIENTS FOR PINEAPPLE JUICE
- Ripe Pineapple – 1 medium size
- Sugar – 1/4 cup or more or less depending upon the sweetness of the fruit or as per your taste
- A pinch of yellow food colour [ optional ]
- Water – 4 or 5 cups [adjust according to the consistency ,you want ]
- Few drops of pine apple essence [ optional ]
METHOD FOR MAKING JUICE
Peel the pineapple and chop it into small pieces.
Take the pineapple + water + sugar in pressure cooker.
Pressure cook upto 5 or 6 whistles .
Once done allow it to cool .
Blend it and strain it through a strainer.
Check the sweetness ,if required add more sugar and mix well .
*** hereif you want you can add pineapple essence and yellow food colour and mix well .
Pine apple juice is ready to use .
METHOD TO MAKE GRANITA
Bring the pineapple juice to room temperature .
Mix the pineapple juice and lemon juice well.
Pour it in a freezer box .
Freeze it for few hours .
Once done keep out for sometime to ease scraping .
Scrape the granita using a spoon or fork .
Serve chilled.
*** For Indian taste ,you can sprinkle little chilli pwdr or black salt / salt or chaat masala over it while serving .
Also while serving ,you can drizzle condensed milk over it .
VARIATION -You can directly grind 1/2 kg pineapple + 1/4 sugar + 2 tsp lemon juice + 1 cup water and freeze the mixture without straining for grainy texture .
NOTES
- Lemon juice is optional ,I did not add.
- Once my friend tried making without cooking the pineapple – by simply grinding pineapple and sugar , it did not taste good .So this time I cooked the pineapple.
- I follow the same recipe for making pineapple juice at home .But Iadd more water and sugar .
- You can add less or more water depending on how thick you want the juice consistency to be.
- While serving you can also drizzle little condensed milk .
- Some times the fruit doesn’t have its natural fragrance , that’s when we add essence.
- You can also add few mint leaves
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