Cranberry granita champagne cocktail

Ali Irvine

Photo: Katie Quinn Davies, Styling: Erin Michael

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Serving size: Serves 8
Cooking time: Less than 15 minutes
Course: Beverage

Cranberry granita champagne cocktail

INGREDIENTS

1L cranberry juice
2⁄3 cup caster sugar
5 tbsp lime juice
1.5L (2 standard bottles) brut champagne or dry sparkling wine

Equipment: Medium saucepan; spoon; 4 1/2-cup capacity freezer-proof container; cling wrap; fork; 8 glasses

METHOD

Make granita Place cranberry juice and sugar in saucepan over medium heat and stir for 2 mins to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat and add lime juice. Stir to combine. Pour into freezer-proof container. Allow to cool. Cover with cling wrap and freeze overnight.
Serve Scrape fork along surface of granita to create ice shards. Half fill glasses with Champagne and place 1 heaped spoonful of granita in each glass. Let froth subside and divide remaining granita among glasses. Serve immediately.

Wine match
Grant Burge Pinot Noir Chardonnay NV (McLaren Vale, SA), $29.95.
Perfect for the cranberry granita cocktail or just on its own as a toast.