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Cherry Cola Granita Recipe

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Featuring Coca-Cola and ripe summer cherries, this easy, two-ingredient cherry cola granita recipe is my favorite frozen dessert for the last, lazy days of summer.

Ingredients

Scale

960 milliliters Coca-Cola, reduced to 360 milliliters (4 cups, reduced to 1 1/2 cups)
350 grams fresh cherries, pitted and stems removed (3 cups whole cherries, or about 2 1/3 cups pitted cherries) See notes

Instructions

Add the Coca-Cola to a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then lower heat to medium-low and simmer until reduced to 360 milliliters (1 1/2 cups), about 45-50 minutes.

Cola in a saucepan

Cola reduction in a saucepan

Add the cherries to the bowl of food processor. Purée until smooth, about 90 seconds.

Cherry cola granita mixture in a food processor

Pour in the Cola reduction and blend for 10 seconds more.

pouring cola reduction into blitzed cherries

Cherry cola granita mix in a food processor

Pour the cherry cola mixture into a flat, shallow baking dish or plastic storage container. (Mine measures approximately 5 1/2 x 9 inches.)

Granita mix in plastic container with green lid

Transfer to the freezer for 1 1/2 hours, or until mixture begins to freeze around the edges. With a fork, scrape around the edges of the container. Break the frozen pieces apart and stir them back into the cherry cola mixture.

Fork mixing granita

Repeat every 30 minutes, or until mixture resembles finely crushed ice. The entire process will take anywhere from 4-6 hours depending on the size of your container andthe temperature in your freezer.

Granita in a plastic container

Granita in a container with a fork

plastic container of granita with a fork

Container of cherry cola granita

Scoop into glasses. Garnish with a cherry, or other toppings as desired. Serve immediately.

A glass of cherry cola granita

 

Equipment

Notes

If using whole fresh cherries, you’ll need 350 grams (about 3 US cups). After pitting and removing the stems, you should have about 300 grams, or 2 1/3 cups of pitted, sliced cherries. To substitute frozen, use 300 grams (2 1/3 cups) cherries.

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