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Lemon and lime granita

Name: Lemon and lime granita
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian recipes
Ingredients: 2 large juicy lemons; 2 juicy limes; 100g caster sugar

Published: 31 Jul 06
Updated: 18 Mar 24

This lemon and lime granita recipe has the tangy flavour of fresh lemons and limes – and hardly any calories.

For an iced dessert with a caffeine kick, try espresso granita.

Easy
August 2006

Test kitchen approved

Serves 4
Takes 20 minutes to make, plus cooling and freezing

This lemon and lime granita recipe has the tangy flavour of fresh lemons and limes – and hardly any calories.

For an iced dessert with a caffeine kick, try espresso granita.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 101kcals
Fat: trace (trace saturated)
Protein: 0.1g
Carbohydrates: 26.8g (26.8g sugars)
Salt: Trace

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Ingredients

2 large juicy lemons
2 juicy limes
100g caster sugar

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Method

Peel the zest from the lemons and limes with a potato peeler and chop roughly. Put the sugar, 150ml water and zest into a pan and stir over a gentle heat, until the mixture comes to a simmer and the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and cool.
Squeeze the juice from the lemons and limes and stir into the sugar syrup. Strain the mixture into a shallow freezerproof container with a lid, cover, and freeze until the mixture begins to freeze at the edges – about 2 hours.
Scrape all the ice from the sides of the box and break up into smaller crystals with a fork. Re-cover and return to the freezer. Repeat every 30 minutes, until you have a frozen but grainy mixture. Return to the freezer until you are ready to serve.