Blood Orange Granita - orange juice

Method

• In a medium sized saucepan add the juice, zest, water and sugar. Stir. Turn on the heat to medium and heat the juice mixture until hot, stirring occasionally, so that the sugar dissolves. Do not let it boil.
• Pour the mixture into a glass bowl to cool, uncovered. Once cooled, pour it into a container that has a lid. Cover and place it in the freezer.
• Now over the next 6 hours or so, you will need to scrape the sides of the container and the top of the granita, to break up the ice crystals that have formed. Mix them in with the rest of the granita. I did this every 30 minutes, sometimes every 60 minutes as I'd forget, don't leave it for longer than that as it will set and form an ice brick that will be hard to scrape. You need to do this until you have achieved the consistency you are happy with.