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Ingredients
for
4
Ginger and Cucumber Granita
20 min., ready in 4 h. 20 min.
Time:
112
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
74 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 1 large Cucumber
- 2 centimeters fresh ginger
- ¼ bunch mint
- 400 milliliters Sparkling wine
- 100 milliliters Apple juice
- peppers (ground)
Preparation
1.
Peel the cucumber, cut in half lengthwise, remove seeds and dice. Peel and chop the ginger. Rinse the mint, shake dry, pluck off the leaves and chop finely. Puree mint with cucumber and ginger and combine with the sparkling wine and apple juice. Season with pepper, pour the mixture into a shallow dish and set for 4 hours in the freezer.
2.
When a layer of ice has formed, stir with a spoon. Repeat this procedure several times during freezing.
3.
Serve the granita in glasses.
Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 112 cal. | (5 %) | ||
| Protein | 1 g | (1 %) | ||
| Fat | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 10 g | (7 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Roughage | 1.2 g | (4 %) |