Limoncello granita

You only need three ingredients to make this smart dinner party dessert, and you can prepare ahead for easy entertaining
Ingredients
- 125 g golden caster sugar
- 2 lemons juiced to make 50ml
- 125 ml Limoncelllo liqueur
Instructions
- 1
Put the caster sugar in a pan with 500ml cold water. Bring to the boil, stirring a couple of times until the sugar has dissolved then leave to boil for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to cool. Stir in the lemon juice and limoncello.
- 2
Pour into a wide shallow dish and freeze for 1 hour until ice crystals start to form. Remove from the freezer and scrape the frozen bits back into the mixture.
- 3
Return to the freezer and repeat every 30 minutes or so until the granita is frozen, with a fluffy, crystalline texture.
- 4
Spoon into dishes and serve straight away.
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