Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Freeze: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours, 17 minutes
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- 2 lemons
- 1 medium orange
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- 3 cups (750 ml) water
- 3-4 mint sprigs for garnish (optional)
Preparation:
Grate the lemons and the orange, being careful to only use the colored part of the peel and not the white peel underneath. Squeeze the juice from the lemons and orange.
Pour the juice, grated peel, sugar and 1 cup (250 ml) water into a medium sauce pan. Bring to a boil and cook until the mixture has been reduced by half. Remove from stove and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
Pour lemon mixture and the rest of the water into a glass mixing bowl and mix thoroughly. Place in the freezer.
Take out the lemon mixture every hour for 3-4 hours and stir each time, then return to the freezer.
When ready, the granizado will be a frozen slushy mixture, similar to shaved ice. Remove from the freezer and scoop into individual cups, garnish with mint and serve immediately.
Alternative Freezing Method: Some cooks prefer to freeze the mixture in ice cube trays and place a few cubes at a time into a food processor or blender and process until the frozen mixture is broken into small pieces of granizado.
