{"id":11680,"date":"2015-08-08T11:18:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T16:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=11680"},"modified":"2015-08-08T11:18:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T16:18:06","slug":"summertime-chilled-dessert-includes-champagne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/08\/summertime-chilled-dessert-includes-champagne\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime Chilled Dessert Includes Champagne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/033115a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11211\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/033115a.jpg\" alt=\"033115a\" width=\"215\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a>What\u2019s a day without a sparkling wine whether it\u2019s champagne, cava, prosecco or any sparkling wine? Occasionally sparkling wines are used in recipes, too!<\/p>\n<p>Below is a recipe from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregon-berries.com\">Oregon Raspberry &amp; Blackberry Commission<\/a> for Red Raspberry Champagne Granita. It\u2019s a chilled dessert and seems perfect for a hot summer day! Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Later I plan to try to\u00a0create\u00a0this with my ice cream maker.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Red Raspberry Champagne Granita<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notes: Preparation Time: 1 1\/2 hours. Freezing Time: approximately 5 hours. Serves 6<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u20221 cup sugar, divided<br \/>\n\u2022\u00be cup water<br \/>\n\u20224 cups frozen red raspberries, thawed and divided<br \/>\n\u20221 \u00bd cups fresh grapefruit juice<br \/>\n\u20221 \u00bd cups dry Champagne (if non alcoholic granita is desired substitute 1 \u00bd cups lemon lime soda such as Sprite or 7-Up)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00bd cup fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n\u2022\u00bc cup Framboise (or other raspberry liqueur)<br \/>\n\u20221 cup fresh red raspberries (optional garnish)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Combine \u00be cup sugar and \u00be cup water in a small heavy saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil 1 minute. Cool. Refrigerate syrup until cold, about 45 minutes.<br \/>\n2. Puree enough raspberries (about 1 cup) in blender to yield \u00bd cup of puree. Transfer raspberry puree to large bowl.<br \/>\n3. Mix grapefruit juice, Champagne, lemon juice and chilled syrup into raspberry puree.<br \/>\n4. Pour mixture into 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan.<br \/>\n5. Freeze granita mixture until icy at the edge of pan, about 55 minutes.<br \/>\n6. Using a whisk, mix to distribute frozen portions evenly.<br \/>\n7. Freeze again until icy at edge of pan and overall texture is slushy, about 40 minutes.<br \/>\n8. Whisk again to distribute frozen portions evenly.<br \/>\n9. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until mixture is solid, about 3 hours. (Freezing time may differ with individual freezer temperature).<br \/>\n10. Meanwhile, mix remaining red raspberries with \u00bc sugar and \u00bc cup Framboise in a medium bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.<br \/>\n11. Using fork, scrape granita down length of pan, forming ice flakes. Do this for the whole pan, leave in flakes, cover with plastic wrap and return to freezer or serve immediately. (Granita can be prepared up to 2 days ahead of time.)<\/p>\n<p><em>To Serve<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Divide raspberries in liqueur between six martini, wine or champagne glasses. Top with granita, garnish with fresh raspberries if desired and serve immediately.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nutritional analysis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Value per serving: 304 calories, 1.7 calories from fat, 2.60 g protein, 61.34 g carbohydrates, 0.19g fat, 6.85g sodium.<\/p>\n<p>Recipe provided by the Oregon Raspberry &amp; Blackberry Commission.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Summertime Chilled Dessert Includes Champagne\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=11680\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s a day without a sparkling wine whether it\u2019s champagne, cava, prosecco or any sparkling wine? Occasionally sparkling wines are used in recipes, too! Below is a recipe from the Oregon Raspberry &amp; Blackberry Commission for Red Raspberry Champagne Granita. It\u2019s a chilled dessert and seems perfect for a hot summer day! Enjoy. Later I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[1394,175,3435,2099,583,149],"class_list":["post-11680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-and-food","tag-cava","tag-champagne","tag-process","tag-raspberries","tag-recipe","tag-sparkling-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11680"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11683,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11680\/revisions\/11683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}