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Wiktionary
n. A dessert consisting of fruit purée etc. on crushed ice.
Wikipedia
Granita (; in Italian also granita siciliana ) is a semi-frozen dessert made from sugar, water and various flavorings. Originally from Sicily, it is available all over Italy in somewhat different forms. It is related to sorbet and Italian ice; however, in most of Sicily, it has a coarser, more crystalline texture. Food writer Jeffrey Steingarten says that "the desired texture seems to vary from city to city" on the island; on the west coast and in Palermo, it is at its chunkiest, and in the east it is nearly as smooth as sorbet. This is largely the result of different freezing techniques: the smoother types are produced in a gelato machine, while the coarser varieties are frozen with only occasional agitation, then scraped or shaved to produce separated crystals. Although its texture varies from coarse to smooth, it is always different from that of ice cream, which is creamier, and from that of sorbet, which is more compact; this makes granita distinct and unique.
Granita may refer to:
- Granita, an Italian frozen dessert
- The Granita Pact, or Blair-Brown deal, an alleged agreement in British politics
- The Deal (2003 film), a 2003 film about the alleged deal
- The Granita restaurant, the venue of the alleged Granita Pact
- The Granița River, a tributary of the Neagra Şarului River in Romania.
Usage examples of "granita".
Though once I pursued intensity as the ultimate goal of granitas, I have found that added water increases the crunchiness of the ice crystals and gives you another, more panoramic, vantage point on the flavorlike stepping back from a painting.
It was perfect, not because of the perfection of his ingredientsthese are easy to duplicate herebut because of his fifty-year-old broken-down Carpigiani gelato machine, which with its battered blade and erratic temperature produces the perfect granita texture: tiny, regular, moist, and highly flavored crystals of ice.
First, she had opened the jug of frozen orange juice and used a small spoon to chip away at the ice until she had a large heap of juice shavings, which she arranged into tiny piles on each plate to make orange granita, a cold and delicious concoction that is often served at fancy dinner parties and masked balls.