Tequila Granita With Lychee And Yuzu Cream

Serves: 2

Gabriella Kub

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

58

Spice

53

Sweetness

45

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Tequila

2.5 cups

Cream

2 cups

Sugar

1.5 tbsps

Juice (yuzu)

3 cup

Water

1 cup

Glucose

Directions:

1

Make the Granita: Whisk the liquids together in a bowl

2

Take off 1/2 cup of the liquid, add the gelatin and warm it to melt the gelatin

3

Combine all the liquids and freeze overnight

4

Scrape the next day into a frozen container

5

Make the Yuzu Cream: Combine all ingredients and whip until very, very soft peaks form

6

It will continue to thicken as it sits

7

In a soup plate or flat bowl place a mound of granita in the center

8

Surround it with a thick ring of yuzu cream

9

Top the granita with grapefruit segments and then lychee pieces on top of that

10

Place a rose petal ribbon over the top

11

Preheat the oven 350 degrees F

12

In a saucepan, combine the sugar, water and glucose and heat to 305 degrees F

13

Carefully and gently stir in the rose petals and pour onto a silicone baking mat lined baking sheet and let cool

14

Gently and slowly warm the rose mixture in the oven until just soft

15

Pull to form very thin ribbons or abstract shapes

16

Store with limestone on foam rubber in an airtight container