Pear-Granita

Hi everyone,

I know, it has been ages since I last posted a recipe. I had a lot of stuff going on in my life including moving back to Berlin. This post here was long overdue since I first made the pear-granita way back in spring.
Anyways, this is what you need:

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe pears
• 1 cinnamon stick
• juice of 1 organic lemon + peel
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups water

And this is how you do it:

• cut the pears in chunks
• boil the water with the sugar until fully dissolved, then add pears, cinnamon and lemon juice and peel
• simmer for at least 30 mins on low heat with lid on
• then let cool, strain through a sieves, squeezing out all the juices from the pear
• place in a plastic container and freeze overnight
• once frozen solid, take a fork and scratch the ice off, it will look a little bit like snow with bigger flakes in it
• serve directly

If you want, you can also add some liquor, however, the granita will not freeze as good as without. Very refreshing in the heat, nice palate refresher after dinner.