Sparkling Lemonade Granita Recipe

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Sparkling Lemonade Granita Recipe

If you love lemon, then you'll love this homemade lemonade granita on a warm day! Lemonade is brightened with the effervescence of lemon sparkling water and zesty lemon juice and zest. The easy frozen dessert is fluffed into light flakes and is perfect served by itself in a glass or scooped over ice cream.

Prep Time10

Freeze4

Total Time4 10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American, Italian

Diet: GF

Servings: Servings

Calories: 35kcal

Author: Erin Cernich

Equipment

5x7 Baking Dish
Serving Glasses

Ingredients

1 ½ cups lemonade homemade or store-bought
1 cup lemon sparkling water or unflavored
1 medium lemon zest and juice the whole lemon

Instructions

In a small shallow dish, stir together the lemonade, sparkling water, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Cover tightly and freeze for 30 minutes.
1 cup lemon sparkling water, 1 medium lemon, 1 1/2 cups lemonade
Remove the granita from the freezer. The edges and top should have started to freeze. Scrape the mixture with a fork and freeze again. This creates a flaky texture. Repeat this process every 30 minutes for up to 4 hours. The granita is ready when it's completely frozen with a dry, flaky texture.
When ready to serve - Fluff the granita one final time. It is delicious by itself, spooned over ice cream, or on top of creamy yogurt.

Notes

Serving Size - This is a small batch recipe that can easily be doubled in an 8x8 dish, or tripled in a 9x13 dish.
Lemonade - Store-bought works great, but you could also change up the flavor and use my ginger lemonade recipe or strawberry lemonade recipe.
Sparkling Water - Use any flavor you like. The lemon flavor I linked punches up the citrus flavor.
Enjoy Immediately - It's frozen, so eventually it will melt!
Storage - Freeze the granita for up to 1 week, or longer. The longer it is frozen, the more it will lose its fluffy texture. Scrape with a fork to serve.

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