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.

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

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

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