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Orange Granita

Orange Granita

Most Italian desserts that are enjoyed in the home are simple and fruit based. This is a simple, fun, fresh dessert. The children will love helping flake the ice into its crystal consistency. Top with some fresh berries for an additional flavor explosion.

Orange Granita

Dori Fritzinger

Ingredients

  • 3 c orange juice (lime, lemon, other fruit juices can be used)

  • 1/2 c sugar

  • 1 c water

  • 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

Instructions

  1. In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar and water and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves.

  2. Let cool.

  3. Stir in the orange juice and lemon juice and pour into a chilled 9×13 glass baking dish.

  4. Place in the freezer and freeze, scraping and stirring with a fork every 30 minutes until the mixture is firm.
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Dori Fritzinger

Dori Fritzinger

She lives and works with her multi-generational family in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. They have a farm of cows and calves, wool sheep, dairy goats, rabbits, ducks, geese, chickens, honeybees, a horse and a donkey.

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