Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A granular dessert ice with a sugar-syrup base, usually flavored with fruit purée, coffee, or wine.
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- noun A
dessert consisting of fruit purée etc. oncrushed ice .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This is called granita, as in Strawberry Granita page 290.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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This is called granita, as in Strawberry Granita page 290.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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This is called granita, as in Strawberry Granita page 290.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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What has quickly overtaken the granita is a Turkish breakfast.
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i do a blood orange and rose water granita which is lovely.
Blood Orange Granita 2007
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Antico Caffè Spinnato is not known for its food, but has a reputation built on gelato and granita.
In Search Of The Perfect Gelato Joe Ray 2011
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The lemon granita is slushy with large crystals—chunks you'll need to break up with a spoon—and a sweetness that, as it approaches too much, becomes pleasantly tart.
In Search Of The Perfect Gelato Joe Ray 2011
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Mr. Palazzolo's idea is to blend modern and traditional methods to create granita that tastes like the products his grandfather made when he opened Pasticceria Palazzolo in 1920.
In Search Of The Perfect Gelato Joe Ray 2011
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Karna Maffait for The Wall Street Journal Antico Caffe Spinnato | Antico Caffe Spinnato is not known for its food, but has a reputation built on gelato and granita.107/115 Via Principe di Belmonte, Palermo spinnato.it
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Rough-textured near Palermo, fine around the east coast city of Catania, granita is ice that is shaved and crushed, and flavored with anything from mulberries to coffee.
In Search Of The Perfect Gelato Joe Ray 2011
fbharjo commented on the word granita
not to be taken for granite (granted)
July 31, 2012