Recipes

Grapefruit Campari Granita

July 3, 2013

Grapefruit and Campari Granita — Ruby Red grapefruit juice and Campari are a refreshingly bittersweet combination.Laura Sant

Campari adds a bitter note to sweet Ruby Red grapefruit juice in this refreshing granita. We like to enjoy this peach-hued treat as a pre-dinner aperitif.

Campari adds a bitter note to sweet Ruby Red grapefruit juice in this refreshing granita. We like to enjoy this peach-hued treat as a pre-dinner aperitif.

Yield: serves 4-6

Ingredients

2 cups freshly squeezed Ruby Red grapefruit juice
¹⁄₂ cup Campari
¹⁄₂ cup sugar
¹⁄₂ vanilla bean, split lengthwise, seeds scraped and reserved

Instructions

Purée juice, Campari, sugar, vanilla seeds, and ⅓ cup water in a blender. Pour into a 9" x 13" baking dish, cover with plastic wrap, and place in the freezer. Using the tines of a fork, stir the mixture every 30 minutes, scraping edges and breaking up any ice chunks as the mixture freezes, until granita is slushy and frozen, about 3 hours. Scoop into chilled serving glasses.