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
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
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Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan.
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Add rind; reduce heat, and simmer for 2 minutes.
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Drain, but reserve rind.
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Combine rind, sugar, and juice in pan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves.
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Reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes.
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Remove from heat.
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Combine the juice mixture and buttermilk.
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Pour into a 9 inch pan.
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Freeze 4-6 hours stirring every 30 minutes.
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Serve or freeze for up to one week.
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To serve scrape surface of granita with a metal spoon.
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Garnish.
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Chocolate garnish- In a microwave safe bowl heat chocolate in intervals of 30 seconds until chocolate melts.
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Using a piping bag or end of fork drizzle chocolate to form letters on parchment paper.
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Refrigerate until ready to use.
So pretty, I love the color!
Beautiful! It’s so wonderful having citrus so available! We have a tangerine tree going crazy in our backyard now!
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!
Love the amor garnish!
Delightful! Grapefruits are so exquisite.
Cheers,
Rosa