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Almond granita

Name: Almond granita
Yield: 4
Cuisine: /italian
Ingredients: 1 tbs pure icing sugar; 200ml almond milk (see recipe above) or store-bought almond milk; Roughly chopped almonds, to serve

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A refreshing almond granita recipe by UK restauranteurs Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi inspired by a summer spent in Italy while researching their latest book, Sicily : Recipes from an Italian island.

1 tbs pure icing sugar
200ml almond milk (see recipe above) or store-bought almond milk
Roughly chopped almonds, to serve

Method

1.

Stir sugar into the milk in a freezerproof container and freeze for 1 hour. Use a fork to scrape mixture from edges of the container into the creamy centre.
2.

Freeze again for 30 minutes and do the same again. Repeat until granita is completely frozen into a sandy texture of ice crystals.
3.

You can either leave the granita grainy or whiz in a food processor until reduced to a velvety smooth consistency. Serve granita straight away in chilled glasses with teaspoons and topped with roughly chopped almonds.