Description
Refreshing peach shaved ice over a creamy scoop of vanilla bean ice cream and topped with a scoop of whipped cream.
Ingredients
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- 4–5 peaches, pitted, peeled and chopped
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 2 pints vanilla bean ice cream
- Whipped cream
- Fresh mint or basil (for garnishing)
Instructions
- Add sugar water and sugar in a sauce pan over medium heat. Stir and heat mixture until sugar dissolves. Cool for 5-10 minutes.
- Peel, pit and slice peaches. Add peaches and simple syrup to a blender and blend until smooth. If peaches are tart, you may need to add more sugar. Taste test the mixture to see if you need to add more.
- Pour peach mixture in a 9×13 or 10×15 rimmed sheet pan or dish. The fruit mixture should make a thin layer at the bottom of the pan.
- First freeze for 1 hour. Take out of freezer (it should be partially frozen) and scrape with a fork to break up the frozen bits..
- Place back in freezer and repeat scraping with fork every 30 minutes until it reaches a slushy consistency. This could take anywhere from 3-4 hours.
- When your granita is a slushy, crystal-like texture you can serve. Add one scoop of vanilla bean ice cream to the bottom of your serving cup and top with several large spoonfuls of granita, garnish with whipped cream, mint or basil. Enjoy!