Unbelievably Good Fresh Strawberry Granita
This juicy fresh strawberry granita is SO refreshing and craveable and ridiculously easy to make! Bursting with flavour, it’s the ultimate easy, no-cook strawberry dessert.
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 1 pound ripe fresh strawberries hulled
- ¼ cup cane sugar
- ¾ cup water
Optional flavour variations, choose one
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- ½ teaspoon vanilla PLUS ¼ teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
Instructions
- Blend the strawberries, sugar and water on high until liquified, about 30-45 seconds. If adding additional flavour, add it now and give it a quick blitz to combine.
- Taste and adjust sugar if needed (if your berries aren't ripe and sweet enough).
- Pour the strawberry mixture into a glass or metal square baking dish, 8 or 9 inches works well and pop it into the freezer for one hour.
- Using a fork, scrape and mix through any little ice crystals that have formed on the surface. It won’t even be close to frozen solid after the first hour, don’t worry!
- Repeat the "freeze one hour + fork scraping" step until all you’re left with is mounds of ice flakes, about 4-6 hours total. Once ready, transfer the granita into a resealable container and store in the freezer for up to one month.
Notes
Strawberries used to be considered low FODMAP at one cup, now the serving is 65g which means you should technically get 7 servings out of this granita to be low FODMAP but I find that fructose tends to be a lesser irritating FODMAP so a one-sixth serving is probably just fine!