Granita is a semi-frozen Sicilian dessert of water, sugar and fruit, almond or coffee; with a brioscia col tuppo it is the typical Sicilian breakfast, especially in summer.

Granita is usually traced to Arab rule in Sicily, which brought sherbet, an iced drink flavoured with fruit juice or rose water. Snow stored in stone niveri on the Peloritani, Nebrodi, Madonie and Etna was used to make its ancestors, and in the 16th century snow mixed with sea salt was found to freeze preparations. English Wikipedia reports that in Palermo and on the west coast granita is at its chunkiest, while in the east it is nearly as smooth as sorbet. Italian Wikipedia says granita with a brioche, the hemispherical yeast bun topped with a ball (tuppu), was and is the typical Sicilian breakfast.

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Make it at home

Serves 65 hrEasy

Ingredients

  • 200g raw almonds (Avola almonds preferred)
  • 1 litre cold water
  • 180g caster sugar
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • 6 brioche col tuppo (shop-bought is fine)
  • Whipped cream to serve (optional)

Method

  1. Blanch almonds in boiling water for 1 minute, then drain and slip off the skins.
  2. Blend the peeled almonds with 500ml of the cold water until smooth.
  3. Strain through cheesecloth, squeezing to extract all the almond milk. Discard the solid almond pulp (or save for biscotti).
  4. Stir sugar and salt into the almond milk until dissolved. Add the remaining water.
  5. Pour into a wide shallow tray and freeze. Every 30 minutes for 3 to 4 hours, scrape with a fork to break up ice crystals.
  6. Serve in a glass with the lid of the brioche col tuppo dipped into the granita, the rest of the bun on the side. Whipped cream optional.

Editor tip. Hand-scraping every 30 minutes gives the proper grainy texture; a granita machine produces a smoother sorbet instead.

Common allergens: Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, Nuts.