Frozen Coffee Granita

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups hot very strong coffee (you can even use flavored coffee for this, such as chocolate almond or irish cream, etc) or 2 cups espresso coffee (you can even use flavored coffee for this, such as chocolate almond or irish cream, etc)
• 1/4 cup sugar (or to taste)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl stir together hot coffee and sugar and stir until the sugar is dissolved, then add in vanilla.
• 2 pour into an 8-inch metal baking pan and freeze, stirring every 30 minutes, until slushy (this should take about 1-1/2 hours).
• 3 transfer mixture to a bowl and stir vigorously with a fork until slightly smoother and more uniform in texture (about 30 seconds).
• 4 return to the freezer until firm enough to scoop (about another 30-40 minutes.
• 5 divide the granita into serving dishes and top with whipped cream.