Coffee Granita
The easiest dessert you’ll ever make.
August 20, 2020
Granita is an Italian dessert from Sicily but popular throughout the county. It’s in the slushy/ sorbet/ shaved ice/ water based dessert family. It’s coarser than sorbet and with larger ice crystals- its defining characteristic. The best thing about granita is you don’t need a special machine to make it. All you need is a fork and have no where to go, at least for a couple of hours. Guess you could say the timing for granita has never been better.
I made this coffee granita from left over coffee I had in the fridge. I made a large pot of instant Bustelo coffee with Chobani oat milk. (Don’t hate on instant coffee! It’s just another delicious type of coffee. I love them all. And, as I’ve said before, I’m Peruvian. If you know, you know.) Once I saw I wasn’t going to drink it all I decided to repurpose it. Granita it was.
My favorite thing about this type of dessert/ snack is you can use any type of flavored liquid. Make/buy a fruit juice or coffee and go from there. Here’s how I made this coffee granita.
Coffee Granita Recipe
Servings: 6
Time: 3 hours of preparation and 4 hours of sitting in the freezer.
*Easiest recipe, but requires a tiny bit of planning ahead.
INGREDIENTS
Instant coffee or brewed coffee- 4 cups
Sugar - 4 tablespoons
Oat milk (Or any milk you’d like.)- 2 cups
Whipped cream (Optional, but highly recommended.)
DIRECTIONS
Add your sugar to your hot coffee and mix to dissolve. Allow it to cool to room temperature.
Add your oat milk and stir everything until combined.
In a shallow pan or wide container add your coffee mixture and place, uncovered, directly into the freezer for 30 minutes. (The key is for the liquid to be shallow in depth, about an inch, so it freezes faster.)
After those first 30 minutes, scrape the mixture with a fork lifting any formed crystals off the bottom and sides of the container. Place back into the freezer for another 30 minutes and repeat the process every 30 minutes for about 3 hours or until the entire mixture is crystalized.
Once you’re done scraping and you’ve achieved the most lovely crystalized state, cover your container and allow your granita to freeze for at least 4 hours. Then it’s ready to enjoy! ENJOY!
