Lemon Ricotta Granita

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup water
• 3/4 cup sugar, plus
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2/3 cup strained fresh lemon juice
• 3/4 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 lemon, zest of

Recipe

• 1 stir the water and 3/4 cup of sugar in a medium saucepan over high heat just until the sugar dissolves.
• 2 whisk in the lemon juice.
• 3 pour the lemon mixture into an 8-inch square glass dish.
• 4 cover and freeze, stirring occasionally, until the liquid just becomes slushy, about 2 hours.
• 5 using a fork, scrape the granita every 30 minutes until it is completely made up of ice crystals.
• 6 (the granita can be prepared up to 2 days ahead. cover and keep frozen, and scrape every so often so that the crystals stay loose.).
• 7 whisk the ricotta, remaining sugar, and pinch of salt in a medium bowl to blend.
• 8 spoon the granita into dessert bowls.
• 9 top with a dollop of the ricotta.
• 10 zest the lemon peel over the desserts and serve.