Black Tea Lychee Granite Recipes

Steps:

• In a food processor, add everything and puree smooth. Place in small pan and freeze over night. Use a fork to scrape granite and serve in tuile bowl. Garnish with fresh mango slices and orange zest.
• Suggested Wine: Saracco, Muscato d'Asti, 1997

Steps:

• Mix the black tea, lychee syrup, and lemonade in a large pitcher and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Serve the lemonade over ice, and garnish each glass rim with a slice of lemon and/or lychee.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, stir the sugar into the coffee. Cool and place in refrigerator to chill.
• Pour espresso mixture into a shallow metal baking pan and freeze, stirring with a fork every 1/2 hour, until mixture is coarse ice crystals, but not frozen hard, about 3 to 4 hours.
• To serve, scoop granite into serving bowls. Serve with crema on top, and lemon twists on the side.
• Sorrel is a perennial plant native to Europe and Asia, now found in America and Australia. It has a refreshing, slightly sour taste since it contains oxalic acid.
• Sorrel is related to rhubarb (which also contains oxalic acid), and can be used as a vegetable (salads, purees) or as an herb (soups and sauces). It is available throughout the summer.
• Granite is coarse, crystalline ice, made without egg whites or milk products. It is made without an ice cream maker.
• Since granite has a low sugar content, compared to ice cream, it freezes quickly.
• History of ice cream: Before the freezer, Italians used to send runners to the mountains to get snow. They would flavor the snow with honey or fruit to make iced desserts.