We're having a heat wave and a drought so I made some chocolate granita to cool us off. It's low fat and organic but does have sugar in it.
I've also made this 2 other ways. One is to substitute half the water with fresh squeezed orange juice and adding a TB of orange zest. The other was to make the water/chocolate/sugar mix and add 1 large stalk of fresh lavendar and 1/2 teaspoon of dried lavendar flowers, take the mix through the refridgeration part and then strain the liquid before putting it in the freezer. The orange makes it tangy and the lavender adds a nice herbal hit.
Enjoy!
Susan
I've also made this 2 other ways. One is to substitute half the water with fresh squeezed orange juice and adding a TB of orange zest. The other was to make the water/chocolate/sugar mix and add 1 large stalk of fresh lavendar and 1/2 teaspoon of dried lavendar flowers, take the mix through the refridgeration part and then strain the liquid before putting it in the freezer. The orange makes it tangy and the lavender adds a nice herbal hit.
Enjoy!
Susan
- 1/2 cup organic half & half, full fat or low fat milk.
- 3 cups boiling water
- 1/2 cup organic cocoa
- 1/2 cup turbinado sugar
- Combine water, sugar and cocoa in a bowl and whisk until the sugar is melted.
- Add half & half or milk.
- Cool to room temperature.
- Chill in refridgerator 2 hours.
- Pour into 9X 13 pan and freeze.
- When almost completely frozen, remove from freezer and break up granita with a fork.
- Place granita back into the freezer and freeze again for 1 1/2 - 2 more hours.
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