Tea Granita With Rose Water And Baklava

Serves: 4

Jacklyn McClure

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

57

Spice

57

Sweetness

48

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.3

Difficulty

Ingredients:

3 cup

Sugar

Directions:

1

Serve granita with baklava

2

Stir 5 cups water, sugar, and rose water in large pitcher until sugar dissolves

3

Add tea bags, pushing to submerge

4

Cover with foil; place on sunny windowsill

5

Let steep until tea is dark, at least 3 hours

6

Remove tea bags and discard

7

Mix half and half into tea

8

Pour mixture into 13x9x2-inch glass dish

9

Freeze until frozen around edges, about 1 hour

10

Coarsely chop mixture in dish

11

Freeze until almost solid, about 1 hour longer

12

Working in 2 batches, transfer granita to processor and blend until smooth

13

Return to same dish and freeze 1 hour

14

Repeat blending in 2 batches 1 more time

15

Freeze 1 hour

16

Using tines of fork, scrape granita in dish into flakes

17

Cover; freeze

18

Do ahead: Can be made 1 day ahead

19

Spoon granita into dishes; sprinkle with rose petals, if desired

20

Serve granita with baklava

21

Stir 5 cups water, sugar, and rose water in large pitcher until sugar dissolves

22

Add tea bags, pushing to submerge

23

Cover with foil; place on sunny windowsill

24

Let steep until tea is dark, at least 3 hours

25

Remove tea bags and discard

26

Mix half and half into tea

27

Pour mixture into 13x9x2-inch glass dish

28

Freeze until frozen around edges, about 1 hour

29

Coarsely chop mixture in dish

30

Freeze until almost solid, about 1 hour longer

31

Working in 2 batches, transfer granita to processor and blend until smooth

32

Return to same dish and freeze 1 hour

33

Repeat blending in 2 batches 1 more time

34

Freeze 1 hour

35

Using tines of fork, scrape granita in dish into flakes

36

Cover; freeze

37

Do ahead: Can be made 1 day ahead

38

Spoon granita into dishes; sprinkle with rose petals, if desired