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Lemon Granita

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 6

Ingredients

4 cups water
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 tablespoon orange-blossom water
1 1/4 cups lemon juice
The grated rind of 1 lemon (optional)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Boil the water and sugar together for a few minutes, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved. Cool, and add orange-blossom water and lemon juice.

    Step 2

    Stir well, and continue as in the “basic method” (page 423).

Cover of Claudia Roden's The New Book of Middle Easter Food, featuring a blue filigree bowl filled with Meyer lemons and sprigs of mint.
Reprinted with permission from The New Book of Middle Eastern Food, copyright © 2000 by Claudia Roden, published by Knopf. Buy the full book on Amazon or Bookshop.
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