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Piña Colada Granita

Piña Colada Granita

with exotic fruit
45 min., ready in 5 h.
Time:
267
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
62 / 100
Ingredientsfor  
Ingredients
4 ozs cane sugar (or raw sugar)
2 Limes
1 ¾ cups Coconut milk (9% fat)
¾ cup Pineapple juice
1 Mango
1 Pineapple
1 small Papaya
2 Tamarillos
2 Tbsps brown Rum
How healthy are the main ingredients?
LimeMangoPapaya
Preparation
1.
Piña Colada Granita preparation step 1

Boil sugar with 1/3 cup water for 1 minute, then allow to cool. Squeeze juice from lime. 

2.
Piña Colada Granita preparation step 2

Mix together coconut milk, sugar syrup, 2 tablespoons lime juice and the pineapple juice.

3.
Piña Colada Granita preparation step 3

Pour juice mixture into a shallow baking dish and place in the freezer until it starts to set around the edges, about 4 hours. Continue to freeze until solid, stirring vigrously with a fork every 15 minutes, until the texture of granita. Store in the freezer until further use.

4.
Piña Colada Granita preparation step 4

Peel mango, cut into slices around pit and then dice flesh. Peel pineapple, cut into quarters and remove core. 

5.
Piña Colada Granita preparation step 5

Peel papaya, halve, remove seeds and chop flesh coarsely. Peel tamarillos and cut into wedges.

6.
Piña Colada Granita preparation step 6

Mix together 2 tablespoons lime juice with the rum, then mix with the fruit. Let macerate for 30 minutes. Serve fruit salad with granita. 

Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie267 cal.(13 %)
Protein2 g(2 %)
Fat6 g(5 %)
Carbohydrates47 g(31 %)
Sugar added17 g(68 %)
Roughage3.5 g(12 %)
Healthy, because

Healthy, because

Mangoes, papaya and pineapple can do more than just strengthen the immune system with vitamin C: The bioactive dyes additionally strengthen the immune system, protect the skin from the sun's rays, relieve stress and stimulate digestion.

Even smarter

Even smarter

The exotic fruits should definitely be ripe, because unripe fruit tastes bland, sour and dry. If you don't want to make the Piña Colada Granita yourself, take ready-made fruit sorbet from the freezer shelf.

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