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Grapefruit Buttermilk Granita

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Grapefruit Buttermilk Granita

Its grapefruit season in South Texas and I am slurping up every last drop of these little ruby red gems.  In salads, in my morning juice or to vamp up my dinner fajitas grapefruits are a big part of my table at the moment.

My grandfather adored grapefruit, my mom enjoys them as an after dinner snack and I buy them by the truckload. We are obsessed!

A sweet, sweet, obsession.

Add buttermilk to the mix and it only gets sweeter.

A perky, pink, punch of Texas flavor. 

 

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Grapefruit Buttermilk Granita

Yield: serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped red grapefruit rind
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup fresh red grapefruit juice
  • 2 cups whole buttermilk
  • ½ cup chocolate chips (semi-sweet, dark or white)

Instructions

  1. Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan.
  2. Add rind; reduce heat, and simmer for 2 minutes.
  3. Drain, but reserve rind.
  4. Combine rind, sugar, and juice in pan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves.
  5. Reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes.
  6. Remove from heat.
  7. Combine the juice mixture and buttermilk.
  8. Pour into a 9 inch pan.
  9. Freeze 4-6 hours stirring every 30 minutes.
  10. Serve or freeze for up to one week.
  11. To serve scrape surface of granita with a metal spoon.
  12. Garnish.
  13. Chocolate garnish- In a microwave safe bowl heat chocolate in intervals of 30 seconds until chocolate melts.
  14. Using a piping bag or end of fork drizzle chocolate to form letters on parchment paper.
  15. Refrigerate until ready to use.
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  1. Laura (Tutti Dolci) says

    February 20, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    So pretty, I love the color!

    Reply
  2. Liz @ Virtually Homemade says

    February 20, 2013 at 5:52 am

    Beautiful! It’s so wonderful having citrus so available! We have a tangerine tree going crazy in our backyard now!
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  3. Sue/the view from great island says

    February 19, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    I’ve just made my first sorbets this week, but the idea of buttermilk is really intriguing…and the chocolate garnish is great, wish I’d thought of that for Valentine’s Day!
    Sue/the view from great island recently posted..Sicilian Citrus Salad: Day #3 of All Citrus WeekMy Profile

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  4. yummychunklet says

    February 19, 2013 at 1:29 pm

    Love the amor garnish!
    yummychunklet recently posted..Smoky Chocolate CrackersMy Profile

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  5. Rosa says

    February 19, 2013 at 11:49 am

    Delightful! Grapefruits are so exquisite.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    Reply

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