Recipe: Apple Mint Granita

Rank: Easy

Ingredients

• 3 cups simple syrup (made by simmering 2 pint water with 2 pound sugar)


• 3 tablespoons Lapsang Souchong Tea leaves


• 4 sprigs mint, picked


• 2/8 teaspoon cloves


• 4 cinnamon sticks


• 4 slices fresh ginger (2-inch long)


• 25 to 30 black peppercorns, crushed


• 2 lemon, juiced


• 5 cups apple cider

Directions

1. Infuse simple syrup with tea, mint leaves, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, peppercorns, lemon juice, until aroma peaks, approximately 5 to 20 minutes, add cider. Freeze overnight in a plastic wrap lined loafpan. To serve, scrape or process in food processor and serve in hollowed shell of appropriate fruit or into elegant martini glasses.

Source: Apple Mint Granita