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{{Short description|Sicilian dessert}}
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{{Infobox food
| name            = Granita
| image           = Granita originelle au citron de Sicile.jpg
| image_size      = 240px
| caption         = Granita flavored with Sicilian lemon
| alternate_name  = {{lang|it|Granita siciliana}}
| country         = [[Italy]]
| region          = [[Sicily]]
| creator         = 
| course          = [[Dessert]]
| type            = 
| served          = 
| main_ingredient = [[Sugar]], water, [[flavoring]]
| variations      = 
}}

'''Granita''' ({{IPA|it|ɡraˈniːta|lang}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/granita/|title=Granita - Significato ed etimologia - Vocabolario - Treccani}}</ref> or '''{{lang|it|granita siciliana}}''' ({{IPA|it|ɡraˈniːta sitʃiˈljaːna|lang}}) is a semi-frozen [[dessert]] made with sugar, water, and various flavorings. Originally from [[Sicily]], it is available throughout Italy in varying forms.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morabito|first=Greg|date=2018-04-13|title='Chef's Table: Pastry' Recap: Corrado Assenza Makes Sicily's Favorite Gelati and Granita|url=https://www.eater.com/2018/4/13/17223016/chefs-table-pastry-corrado-assenza-recap-episode-2|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Eater|language=en}}</ref> Food writer [[Jeffrey Steingarten]] says that "the desired texture seems to vary from city to city" on the island; on the west coast and in [[Palermo]], it is at its chunkiest, and in the east, it is nearly as smooth as [[sorbet]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Steingarten, Jeffrey|title=The Man Who Ate Everything|chapter=The Mother of All Ice Cream|pages=361–380|year=1997|publisher=Vintage Books|isbn=0-375-70202-4}} The chapter is an essay first published in June 1996.</ref>

==Ingredients==
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[[Image:Tris di granite.JPG|thumb|{{lang|it|Tris di granite}} ({{literally|trio of granitas}}) with strawberry, mandarin, and almond flavors]]

Common and traditional flavoring ingredients include [[Lemon#Juice|lemon juice]], [[mandarin orange]]s, [[jasmine]], [[coffee]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coffee granita recipe|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/coffee_granita_02612|access-date=2021-06-15|website=BBC Food|language=en}}</ref> [[almond]]s, [[Mentha|mint]], and when in season wild [[Strawberry|strawberries]] and [[Morus nigra|black mulberries]].

==See also==
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* [[List of Italian desserts and pastries]]
* [[Shaved ice#Regions|Shaved ice § Regions]] – for similar shaved ice variations worldwide
* [[Gelato]]

==References==
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{{Ice cream}}
{{Ice-based snacks}}

[[Category:Cuisine of Sicily]]
[[Category:Italian desserts]]
[[Category:Frozen desserts]]
[[Category:Sorbets]]