Celery Apple Granita
A refreshing frozen dessert combining the crisp sweetness of Granny Smith apples with fresh celery and aromatic tarragon. This unique granita offers a sophisticated blend of herbal and fruit flavors.
Ingredients
- •1 tablet vitamin C
- •2 whole Granny Smith apples
- •⅔ cup water
- •1 tablespoon tarragon
- •4 cups celery ribs
- •1 piece flour sack or linen cloth
Cooking Instructions
- 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.
3 min
- 2.
Purée apples with 1/3 cup water in a food processor (do not use a blender) until almost smooth, then pour into cloth. Bunch up cloth around mixture and squeeze as much clear juice as possible through cloth (about 11/2 cups). Discard solids remaining in cloth. Rinse and wring out cloth, then return to sieve.
10 min
- 3.
Purée tarragon with remaining 1/3 cup water in processor until water is deep green, then add celery and purée until almost smooth. Pour into lined sieve and squeeze out juices (about 1 1/2 cups) into bowl with apple juice. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
10 min
- 4.
Freeze mixture in an 8-inch square baking dish, scraping and stirring with a fork every 30 minutes, until frozen, at least 3 hours. (It will be too hard to scrape once fully frozen.)
180 min
