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Tea Granita With Rose Water and Baklava

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Buy baklava at Middle Eastern markets or order from parthenonfoods.com. Start making the granita a day ahead.

Cooks' Note

Rose water is available at some supermarkets, specialty foods stores, and Middle Eastern markets or online.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

5 cups bottled water
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon rose water*
6 tea bags (preferably black tea)
3/4 cup half and half
Organic rose petals (optional)
Purchased baklava

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Stir 5 cups water, sugar, and rose water in large pitcher until sugar dissolves. Add tea bags, pushing to submerge. Cover with foil; place on sunny windowsill. Let steep until tea is dark, at least 3 hours.

    Step 2

    Remove tea bags and discard. Mix half and half into tea. Pour mixture into 13x9x2-inch glass dish. Freeze until frozen around edges, about 1 hour. Coarsely chop mixture in dish. Freeze until almost solid, about 1 hour longer.

    Step 3

    Working in 2 batches, transfer granita to processor and blend until smooth. Return to same dish and freeze 1 hour. Repeat blending in 2 batches 1 more time. Freeze 1 hour.

    Step 4

    Using tines of fork, scrape granita in dish into flakes. Cover; freeze.

    Step 5

    Do ahead: Can be made 1 day ahead.

    Step 6

    Spoon granita into dishes; sprinkle with rose petals, if desired. Serve granita with baklava.

TagsDessertFrozen DessertTeaBeveragesMiddle EasternRose Water5 Ingredients or FewerMake AheadNo-CookFood ProcessorRamadanBon Appétit

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