Granita recipes

This light frozen dessert is smooth and slushy, like those from the east of Italy - a perfect palate cleanser to finish a dinner party menu

Wow your party guests with this easy, light dessert and after-dinner coffee all rolled into one. It's a lovely end to any meal and a cooling treat in summer

An unusual and delicious dinner party starter

The fizzy peach cocktail is transformed into an Italian iced dessert

Cool off with this refreshing dessert

Celebrate the taste of Sicily with the original inspiration for ice cream

Delicious fruity, summer pudding - counts as 1 of your 5-a-day

Granitas are half way between a drink and a sorbet – the mixture is so refreshing and the texture icy enough to eat with a teaspoon

Use up over-ripe mangoes with this deliciously refreshing and palate-cleansing fruit ice

This fruity granita is a perfect palate-cleansing starter

Impress your guests with Gordon Ramsay’s intensely flavoured fruit purée topped with yogurt and shavings of iced fruit granita