Recipe - Strawberry Granita

2 pt Strawberries
1 One half cup Water
Three fourths cup Sugar

PLACE A NONREACTIVE roasting pan or gratin dish in the freezer. Rinse and
hull the strawberries. Puree in the blender or food processor and measure 2
One half cups puree. Bring sugar and water to a boil in a saucepan, stirring
occasionally to dissolve sugar. Cool the syrup and combine with the puree.
Pour into the prepared pan and return to the freezer. When the mixture
starts to freeze, stir every 10 minutes or so, scraping the frozen mixture
from the bottom and sides of the pan and mixing it with the asyetunfrozen
mixture. When there is no longer any unfrozen liquid in the pan, pack the
granita into a chilled container and press plastic wrap against the
surface. Serve within a few hours for best texture. If the granita freezes
to a solid block, pop it out of the container and cut into thick slices
with a stainless steel knife. Chop the slices finely, replace in the
container and freeze until serving time. Serve the granita in chilled stem
glasses. Makes 1 Quart

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