Food and Recipes Fruits Pineapple Pineapple Granita Recipe Be the first to rate & review! Icy granita is a just-right treat on hot summer days. By Pam Lolley Pam Lolley Pam Lolley developed and tested recipes for Southern Living Magazine in the Souths most trusted Test Kitchen for 19 years. She worked closely with the editors planning and packaging stories, collaborating with art and photo teams on food styling and recipe reproduction to ensure reader satisfaction, content quality control, and recipe authenticity history and cooking. Her area of expertise was baking and and pastry development and she acted as the point person for these areas in the Test Kitchen. With 30+ years of experience in the culinary field, Pam created and tested 1000s of recipes for Southern Living. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on June 27, 2022 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Active Time: 20 mins Freeze Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Total Time: 20 mins Yield: 8 serves Looking for a special dessert that won't require you to turn on the oven? Try this tangy, melt-in-your-mouth pineapple granita. Most granita recipes require scraping the frozen mixture with a fork every 30 minutes, but this version is more hands-off and still produces fluffy ice crystals. Garnish each serving with pineapple leaves and wedges and lime zest curls for a fancy finish. Ingredients 5 cups coarsely chopped fresh pineapple (about 30 oz.) 1 1/4 cups bottled coconut water (such as Vita Coco) 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon Key lime zest plus 2 Tbsp. fresh juice (from 1 lime) Lime zest, for garnish Directions Process first 4 ingredients in a food processor until completely smooth, about 2 minutes. Pour mixture into a 13- x 9-inch dish. Freeze, uncovered, until just set but not completely frozen, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Rake through granita using a fork, breaking up any large chunks. Return mixture to freezer; freeze until completely set and frozen, 2 to 3 hours. Rake through granita until it is completely broken up and no large chunks remain. Transfer granita to an airtight container. Freeze up to 2 weeks. Sprinkle servings with lime zest. Rate it Print