Course ✦

Lemongrass–Lime Granita

palate cleanser
Keep it barely sweet so it refreshes instead of reading as dessert.
Scaled for 12 guests:

Granita base

Ingredients
  • Water500ml
  • Bruised lemongrass4 stalks
  • Makrut lime leaf, torn4 leaves
  • Fresh lime juice60ml
  • Caster sugar60g
  • Fine saltpinch
Method
  1. 1

    Simmer water with lemongrass and makrut, then steep 20 minutes off heat.

  2. 2

    Strain and dissolve sugar and salt into the warm liquid.

  3. 3

    Cool, add lime juice, and freeze in a shallow tray.

  4. 4

    Scrape every 45 minutes until coarse crystals form.