{"id":41089,"date":"2014-02-24T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/blog\/recipe\/orange-tea-granita-with-mint\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T12:02:41","slug":"orange-tea-granita-with-mint","status":"publish","type":"cuisine-recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/blog\/recipe\/orange-tea-granita-with-mint\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange Tea Granita with Mint Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">PREPARATION<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Rub the skin of 1 large<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 102, 0);\"> Hale orange<\/span> with &frac34; cup large sugar cubes until the cubes are orange colored and the pigment on the orange has been rubbed away.&nbsp; Reserve the orange.&nbsp; (If sugar cubes are not available, you can very thinly grate the peel of the orange and use it with &frac34; cup granulated sugar.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">In stainless steel or enameled saucepan, combine 2 cups water, the sugar cubes (or sugar and peel), and 1 tablespoon minced fresh mint leaves* (or 1 teaspoon dried) and bring water to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.&nbsp; Simmer syrup for 5 minutes.&nbsp; Stir in 2 tablespoons tea leaves, and let steep, covered, for 20 minutes.&nbsp; Then combine in a bowl the tea syrup with &frac12; cup orange juice and 3 tablespoons <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/grapefruit\/c\/ft_1001_12\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">lemon juice<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">, all strained.&nbsp; Pour the mixture into a freezer tray and freeze until firm but not frozen hard.&nbsp; Put the mixture back into a bowl and break into granules with a wooden spoon.&nbsp; Then back into the tray and freeze until firm.&nbsp; Before serving, let the granita stand for 5 minutes or until soft enough to scoop.&nbsp; Garnish each serving with fresh mint leaves.<br \/>  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">YIELD: 4 servings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Note:&nbsp; Another good way of serving this is to put scoops into glasses of iced tea, with more mint.&nbsp; Extra refreshing!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">*Mint is so easy to grow.&nbsp; You can keep a pot on your patio or in any sunny window.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/>  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[44],"cuisine-recipe-category":[52],"cuisine-recipe-course":[],"cuisine-recipe-cuisine":[],"class_list":["post-41089","cuisine-recipe","type-cuisine-recipe","status-publish","hentry","tag-navel-oranges","cuisine-recipe-category-beverages"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe\/41089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cuisine-recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41089"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-category?post=41089"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-course","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-course?post=41089"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-cuisine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-cuisine?post=41089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}