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Cranberry-Herbal Tea Granita

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  • Prep 15 min
  • Total 5 hr 35 min
  • Servings 8
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Here's a light and tasty icy-cool ending to a festive holiday dinner.
Updated Jul 30, 2008
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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

Steps

  • 1
    Insert 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.
  • 2
    Stir 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.
  • 3
    Remove granita from freezer 20 minutes before serving. Spoon into stemmed glasses. Garnish with fruit and cookies.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    For Rosemary-Green Tea Granita, substitute green tea for the red zesty tea, pineapple juice for the cranberry juice and a rosemary sprig for the cinnamon stick.
  • tip 2
    If you don't want the hassle of stirring every 30 minutes, stir granita after 2 hours, then cover and freeze 3 hours or overnight. To serve, scrape surface of granita with fork and spoon into glasses.
  • tip 3
    Garnish with festive kiwifruit stars. To easily make the stars, cut slices of kiwifruit with a small, deep star-shaped cookie cutter.

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
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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