Strawberry Granita

Ingredients:

¾ cup sugar

2 tbs. Lemon juice (use fresh, squeezed)

1 pound of strawberries (sliced thin..hull it!)

1 cup of HOT water...don’t burn yourself!

Directions:

1. Stir together the sugar, lemon juice and HOT water. Let it all dissolve together. Set aside.
2. Blend the strawberries until they are as smooth as possible.
3. Then add your sugar mixture into the blender. Blend it up!
4. Pour the mixture into a nonstick 13x9 pan...place it in the freezer.
5. Now, here comes the fun part...I don’t necessarily like this part because it bothers my teeth...so I make my husband do it. After the mixture has been in the freezer (about 25-30 minutes), use a fork to stir the icy edges to the middle of the pan. Return it back to the freezer. Repeat this process every 30 minutes for about 2 hours. It should be ready...use your best judgement...it may need to freeze a while longer. Just make sure you keep scraping the icy parts to the middle of the pan. Once the mixture looks completely flaky, cover it and freeze overnight.
6. The next day, scrape the granita into bowls and Enjoy!

• We made this recipe last summer, so I don’t have an original photo. This is a photo from the internet. I wanted you to see what it should look like. We will be making this over the summer...I’ll post it again when we make it.