Lemon Granita

Name: Lemon Granita
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 6 h 30 min
Yield: 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 cups water; 1 cup sugar; 10 sprigs lemon balm; 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice; 2 fresh lemon rind, finely grated; 1/4 cup lemon-flavored vodka; 10 whole lemons (for shells); almond extract

Submitted by mielhollinger

"This recipe is featured in Martha Stewart's Menus for Entertaining."

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Ready In:: 6hrs 30mins
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 10

ingredients

3 cups water
1 cup sugar
10 sprigs lemon balm
¹⁄₂ cup fresh lemon juice
2 fresh lemon rind, finely grated
¹⁄₄ cup lemon-flavored vodka
10 whole lemons (for shells)
almond extract

directions

In a heavy saucepan, bring the water, sugar, and 5 sprigs of the lemon balm to a boil over medium-high heat until the sugar is dissolved.
Discard the lemon balm and cool the syrup over a bowl of ice water until cold.
Whisk together the syrup, lemon juice, lemon rind, and vodka in a metal bowl and place in the freezer.
Whisk the mixture every 30 minutes until frozen, about 2-3 hours .
Remove any ink on the lemons by rubbing with almond extract.
Cut 1/4 from the stem of each lemon.
Using a grapefruit knife, cut between the pulp and the pith, the remove the pulp with a grapefruit spoon, scraping the shell clean.
Using a teaspoon, mound each lemon with granita.
Keep in the freezer until they are ready to serve.
Remove from the freezer, garnish each with half a sprig of lemon balm, and serve immediately.