Plum Blueberry Ginger Granita Food

PLUM-GINGER GRANITA

Steps:

• Pulse ginger in a food processor until finely chopped. Transfer ginger to a large saucepan. Add plums, sugar, salt, and 5 cups water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved and plums have broken down, about 15 minutes.
• Pour plum mixture through a fine sieve into a 9-by-13-inch shallow nonreactive dish; discard solids. Stir in vanilla. Chill in freezer until edges are frozen, about 1 1/2 hours. Remove from freezer; scrape with fork tines, pulling from edges into center. Return to freezer. Repeat process every 30 minutes until mixture is the texture of shaved ice, about 4 1/2hours. Spoon into serving bowls, and garnish with plums.

BLUEBERRY GRANITA

Steps:

• Combine the blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla and 3/4 cup water in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour the liquid through a fine-mesh sieve into a 9-inch square glass baking dish, pressing hard on the solids with a spatula before discarding. Freeze the mixture, stirring and crushing up clumps of ice with a fork every hour, until it is frozen, but slushy, about 4 hours total. Spoon into glasses and garnish with the mint or basil leaves.

BLUEBERRY GINGER GRANITA

Steps:

• Finely grind ginger with sugar in a food processor. Add blueberries and purée until smooth. Force purée through a fine sieve into an 8- to 9-inch baking pan, pressing hard on solids (discard solids). Stir in water and lime juice.
• Freeze, stirring and crushing lumps with a fork every hour, until evenly frozen, about 4 hours total. Scrape with a fork to lighten texture, crushing any lumps.
• Serve immediately or freeze, covered, up to 3 days (rescrape to lighten texture again if necessary).

PLUM BLUEBERRY GINGER GRANITA

Steps:

• In a medium pot over medium heat, bring all the ingredients to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove cinnamon stick and let cool.
• When cool, blend mixture until smooth. Pour into a shallow glass dish and put in the freezer. Every 30 minutes, scrape the mixture with a fork. Repeat until the fruit puree is completely frozen. Serve with an ice cream scoop.

PLUM AND BLUEBERRY CRISP

Steps:

• Make topping first.
• Using a food processer and chopping blade, grind almonds using on/off turns.
• Add flour, sugar and butter through feed tube.
• Process until mixture starts to cling together (1 minute).
• Transfer topping mixture to bowl and crumble with a fork.
• Chill at least 30 minutes while preparing fruit filling.
• To make filling: Combine filling ingredients (plums- cinnamon) in a bowl.
• Let stand 30 minutes before proceeding.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Pour fruit filling into 2 quart baking dish.
• I use a corning ware casserole dish.
• Crumble topping over fruit.
• Bake 40-45 minutes or until brown and bubbly.

PLUM GRANITA

Steps:

• Remove seeds from plum and place the plums with syrup in a blender or food processor puree the plums.
• Stir in the lemon juice and the vanilla puree the mixture,.
• Transfer the mixture to a freezer proof dish.
• Chill for eight hours or overnight.
• When your ready to serve scrape the granita with a fork to lighten the texture and serve it in chilled bowls.

BLUEBERRY GRANITA

Steps:

• Blend the blueberries and sugar in a food processor until smooth; strain through a fine-mesh strainer, pressing with a wooden spoon to separate the blueberry puree from any chunks of skin or seeds.
• Stir the strained blueberry puree, water, and lemon juice together in a shallow glass baking dish or tray. Place the dish in the freezer; scrape and stir the blueberry mixture with a fork once an hour until evenly frozen and icy, about 4 hours. Scrape to fluff and lighten the ice crystals; spoon into chilled glasses to serve.