Tequila granita with lime and mint

Delicious and refreshing drink with tequila, lime and mint. It needs a bit of time in the freezer but otherwise a pretty easy recipe!

Course Drinks

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 3

Total Time 3 5

Servings people

Calories 52

Author Simone

3/4 cucumber peeled and deseeded
25 ml tequila
100 ml lime juice fresh
25 g ginger I did not weigh the ginger but it was roughly a little less then a thumbsize piece. Grate more so you can add a bit more if you like
1 tbsp sugar
20 ml mirin mirin is a Japanse ricewine
few sprigsfresh mint chopped

Place the cucumber, tequila, lime juice, ginger, sugar and mirin in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth. Have a taste to see if you need to add something to make it to your taste.
Pour into a shallow metal tin of approx 20 x 30 cm and freeze for one hour.
Using a fork, rake the top of the granita and freeze for a further 1 hour. Repeat every hour for 3-4 hours or until granita is set. Add the mint and mix gently to combine. Divide over 4 small glasses and serve immediately

If you cannot find mirin, the original recipe used rice wine vinegar which I did not have on hand, but you can use that if you want