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Cherry Lambic Granita

August 2, 2015 by Debi 10 Comments

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Cherry Lambic Granita is light, refreshing, yummy, easy to make, and with a little adult beverage kick!

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What is granita?

This is a really easy frozen dessert that doesn’t require an ice cream machine!

A Granita is a frozen mixture of water, sugar and liquid flavorings, and has a granular icy texture.

And, this Cherry Lambic Granita makes the most of those beautiful summer cherries.

What is Lambic?

I’m a big fan of Lambic, though many people haven’t heard about it. Lambic is a fruity slightly sour cider-like alcoholic beverage that’s brewed like a beer. It’s a nice dessert beverage that’s super yummy.

I really like Lambics, and have another recipe for Lambic Ice Cream Float.

Cherry Lambic Granita by Life Currents

Scrape the ice

Scraping the icy mixture with a fork to get the light fluffy Granita.

Lambics come in different flavors too. I chose the Framboise Lambic, which is raspberry flavor. The cherry Lambic or Kriek would be great in this dessert as well!

Cooling treat

This is a full flavored, wonderfully fruity, slightly tart, icy treat. It’ll help cool you off during these hot summer months, while not making you feel heavy and full. Oh and that pretty dark red color is just fabulous!

More Cherry Recipes

Cherries are such a wonderful summertime fruit. If you need more cherries in your life, check out these delicious cherry recipes. You’ll love them!

  • Cherry Yogurt Cloud Pie with Granola Crust
  • Cherry Bread with Dark Chocolate Glaze
  • Cherry Scotch Sipper
  • Cherry Balsamic Glazed Salmon
  • Double Cherry Popsicles
  • Small Batch Cherry Lime Jam

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Recipe

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Cherry Lambic Granita

Debi
Cherry Lambic Granita is light, refreshing, yummy, easy to make, and with a little adult beverage kick!
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 2 minutes mins
cooling time 8 hours hrs
Total Time 8 hours hrs 12 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings
Calories 59 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cups water
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 cup pitted dark cherries
  • 1 ½ cups Lambic

Instructions
 

  • Combine water and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer until all sugar has dissolved, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
  • Place pitted cherries and simple syrup (sugar mixture) in a blender, and process until smooth. Stir in Lambic; pour into a freezer safe container, cover and freeze for 8 hours or until firm.
  • Remove mixture from freezer; scrape with a fork until fluffy.

Nutrition

Calories: 59kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 2mgPotassium: 38mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 11IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 4mgIron: 1mg

Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.

Keyword cherry, lambic
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Filed Under: Desserts, Summer recipes Tagged With: cherries, Cooking, desserts, Food, lambic, recipe, vegan, vegetarian

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  1. culinaryginger

    August 2, 2015 at 7:55 am

    This is a treat in my wheelhouse because my husband and I are Belgian beer fanatics we go every year. A granita is a perfect use of the cherry Lambic and I just have to try this.

  2. Serena | Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch

    August 2, 2015 at 12:24 pm

    This looks wonderful!

  3. Florian @ContentednessCooking

    August 2, 2015 at 2:33 pm

    This looks wonderful and refreshing!

  4. Erica (@Erica's Recipes)

    August 3, 2015 at 10:50 am

    oh my this sounds so refreshing!

  5. Skinny Kitchen (@skinnykitchen)

    August 3, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    Debi, this looks so refreshingly good!

  6. mealplanmaven

    August 4, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    With it being so hot here in Florida this summer, your beautiful granita sure will be a welcome treat!

  7. Joanne T Ferguson

    August 5, 2015 at 3:51 am

    Even thought it is cold here Debi, I would still love to try your granita! Pinned and shared!

  8. April J Harris (@apriljharris)

    August 6, 2015 at 10:35 am

    This is such a lovely dessert for summer!

  9. Nicole Neverman

    August 8, 2015 at 10:25 pm

    This granita sounds so refreshingly delicious 🙂 Great idea!

  10. Cindy @ Hun... What's for Dinner?

    August 11, 2015 at 12:54 pm

    What a lovely refreshing treat! Perfect for the hot weather we’ve been having.

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