hello! it’s been a while since i posted anything edible and with a recipe ;)
the summer, it’s busy.
next week i will be camping with sean and his fam in half moon bay, california. i’ve never camped beach side, so i am pretty excited, plus i got a fun new lens for the camera to play with. yay! after that i will be in reno for a week before leaving to the big old apple for a whole week, then when i get back i go to san francisco with sean, my mom and her boyfriend. this summer, it’s action packed.
the heat, so hot.
…but, the evenings, so lovely.
that’s the thing about northern nevada (and i assume in other desert communities too?), the summer sun is so scorching hot during the day, but once it settles into those western sierra nevada’s, the heat of day is replaced by cool, sometimes even breezy, evenings with stunning watercolor sunsets…which i will try to remember to photograph…
if i can put my wine glass down and pull my ass up off the porch swing ;)
in an effort to beat that heat and keep the oven dialed to off, i made a granita. icy, juicy crystals=yum.
ginger.lime granita
i like granita. a lot. it’s super easy and definitely the perfect reward for surviving a super-hot day. how could you resist flaky, crunchy ice crystals flavored any way you please? oh, that’s right, you can’t resist ;)
juice of 5-6 limes (about 1 cup fresh juice)
1/2-1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and grated super-fine
1-2 cups sugar (to taste)
3 cups h20
stir all ingredients together until sugar dissolves completely (if need be, or patience dictates, heat up the sugar in the liquid). pour into an 8×8 (bigger is fine too) baking dish and freeze for 1 hour. remove from freezer, scratch it all up with some forks (pay special attention to the edges of the dish) and repeat until the granita is completely frozen.
