I have had an ice cream machine for oh, going on 7 years now, but sometimes I prefer to just make granita. Here’s a mango tea granita recipe that I made with unbearably ripe mangoes. I guess this is a good recipe if you are trying to not consume a lot of calories or if you are diabetic, since it doesn’t have any added sugar.
It was tasty enough and highly refreshing but I couldn’t help but feel like the hot tea kind of muted the fresh flavor of the mango. Recipe taken from here, modified below.
Original recipe:
Mango Tea Granita
Categories: None
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 3 Regular size oolong tea bags
- 1/2 c Mango juice
- 2 ts Chopped mint
- 3 c Boiling water
Instructions:
Pour boiling water over tea bags and let stand 5 minutes. Discard tea bags.
Add mango juice and mint. Boil 5 minutes. Cool, Strain and chill. Pour
mixture into 8″ square pan and freeze to almost firm. Stir twice during
freezing process. Remove from freezer. Scrape with a fork to loosen ice
crystals and serve immediately.
Posted to fatfree digest by “Ross, Lynne” on
Jun 7, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.
Modified recipe:
Mango-Mint Tea Granita
Categories: None
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 3 Regular size green tea bags
- 2 large ripe mangoes
- 4 tablespoons Chopped mint
- 1.5 c Boiling water
- 1 cup cold water
- Splash of passion fruit liquer
- Sugar to taste
Equipment:
-blender, rectangular baking pan with at least 1 inch sides, strainer and a plastic fork
Instructions:
Pour boiling water over tea bags and let stand 5 minutes. Discard tea bags, adding half the mint. Chop mangoes into a blender and throw away skin and seeds. Add the cold water to the blender, and puree.
Add tea and mint mixture after it has cooled off slightly. Blend and liquefy as much as possible. Add the rest of the mint, splash of liquer (can also use rum) and a light dusting of sugar to taste (may not need any.) Strain mixture and pour
mixture into rectangular backing pan and freeze to almost firm. Scrape twice during
freezing process at half hour intervals. Remove from freezer. Scrape with a fork to loosen ice
crystals and serve immediately.
