Carrot Granita

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups carrot juice
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a pitcher or other pourable container, combine the carrot juice and brown sugar, stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved.
• 2 refrigerate until cold.
• 3 freeze in 1 or 2 batches in an ice cream maker by following the manufacturer’s instructions.
• 4 when finished, the granita will be soft and have the consistency of a sorbet.
• 5 transfer to a freezer-safe container and freeze for several hours.
• 6 to serve, scrape the top of the granita with a heavy ice cream spade or scoop, to create shaved ice crystals; serve in small chilled dishes.
• 7 *carrot apple granita: substitiute 1 ½ cups clear apple juice for 1 ½ cups carrot juice; proceed as directed.
• 8 *carrot cranberry granita: substitute 1 ½ cups cranberry juice for 1 ½ cups carrot juice; proceed as directed.