Here's a light and tasty icy-cool ending to a festive holiday dinner.
Cranberry-Herbal Tea Granita
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 5 hr 35 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 5 whole cloves
- 1 slice orange
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 3 tea bags red zesty herbal tea flavored with hibiscus, rose hips and lemongrass
- 1 1/2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
- 1 1/2 cups pineapple juice
- Fresh fruit, if desired
- Thin almond wafer cookies, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Insert cloves into peel of orange slice. In 2-quart saucepan, heat water, sugar, cinnamon and orange slice to boiling, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; add tea bags. Cover; let steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bags, cinnamon stick and orange slice.
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Step2Stir cranberry and pineapple juices into tea. Pour into 2-quart nonmetal bowl or 8-inch square glass baking dish. Cover; freeze about 2 hours or until partially frozen. Stir with fork or wire whisk. Cover; freeze 3 hours longer, stirring every 30 minutes and breaking up any large chunks.
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Step3Remove granita from freezer 20 minutes before serving. Spoon into stemmed glasses. Garnish with fruit and cookies.
Nutrition
100
Calories
0g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
26g
Total Carbohydrate
23g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 0
- Total Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 0mg
- 0%
- Potassium
- 80mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 26g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 23g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 15%
- 15%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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