Tea Granita With Rose Water and Baklava
A refreshing frozen dessert combining black tea, rose water, and cream, served with traditional baklava. This elegant Middle Eastern-inspired granita offers a perfect balance of floral and sweet flavors.
Ingredients
- •5 cups bottled water
- •¾ cup sugar
- •1 teaspoon rose water*
- •6 pieces tea bags
- •¾ cup half and half
- •1 handful organic rose petals
- •6 pieces baklava
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Stir 5 cups water, sugar, and rose water in large pitcher until sugar dissolves. Add tea bags, pushing to submerge. Cover with foil; place on sunny windowsill. Let steep until tea is dark, at least 3 hours.
180 min
- 2.
Remove tea bags and discard. Mix half and half into tea. Pour mixture into 13x9x2-inch glass dish. Freeze until frozen around edges, about 1 hour. Coarsely chop mixture in dish. Freeze until almost solid, about 1 hour longer.
120 min
- 3.
Working in 2 batches, transfer granita to processor and blend until smooth. Return to same dish and freeze 1 hour. Repeat blending in 2 batches 1 more time. Freeze 1 hour.
120 min
- 4.
Using tines of fork, scrape granita in dish into flakes. Cover; freeze.
10 min
- 5.
Do ahead: Can be made 1 day ahead.
- 6.
Spoon granita into dishes; sprinkle with rose petals, if desired. Serve granita with baklava.
5 min
