Celery Apple Granita

Serves: 4

Santos Walker

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

60

Spice

41

Sweetness

55

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.3

Difficulty

Ingredients:

Directions:

1

Crush vitamin C tablet in a bowl with back of a spoon, then line a sieve with dampened flour sack cloth and set over bowl

2

Purée apples with 1/3 cup water in a food processor (do not use a blender) until almost smooth, then pour into cloth

3

Bunch up cloth around mixture and squeeze as much clear juice as possible through cloth (about 11/2 cups)

4

Discard solids remaining in cloth

5

Rinse and wring out cloth, then return to sieve

6

Purée tarragon with remaining 1/3 cup water in processor until water is deep green, then add celery and purée until almost smooth

7

Pour into lined sieve and squeeze out juices (about 1 1/2 cups) into bowl with apple juice

8

Stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper

9

Freeze mixture in an 8-inch square baking dish, scraping and stirring with a fork every 30 minutes, until frozen, at least 3 hours

10

(It will be too hard to scrape once fully frozen

11

) Crush vitamin C tablet in a bowl with back of a spoon, then line a sieve with dampened flour sack cloth and set over bowl

12

Purée apples with 1/3 cup water in a food processor (do not use a blender) until almost smooth, then pour into cloth

13

Bunch up cloth around mixture and squeeze as much clear juice as possible through cloth (about 11/2 cups)

14

Discard solids remaining in cloth

15

Rinse and wring out cloth, then return to sieve

16

Purée tarragon with remaining 1/3 cup water in processor until water is deep green, then add celery and purée until almost smooth

17

Pour into lined sieve and squeeze out juices (about 1 1/2 cups) into bowl with apple juice

18

Stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper

19

Freeze mixture in an 8-inch square baking dish, scraping and stirring with a fork every 30 minutes, until frozen, at least 3 hours

20

(It will be too hard to scrape once fully frozen)