Granita

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Granita siciliana is a semi-frozen dessert born in Sicily, where sugar, water, and flavor collapse into something between ice and silk. Travel across the island and the texture shifts beneath your spoon—chunky and grainy on the western coast around Palermo, nearly smooth as sorbet when you reach the east. It's a dessert that refuses to be pinned down, changing its mind from town to town.

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Granita (Italian: [ɡraˈniːta]) or granita siciliana (Italian: [ɡraˈniːta sitʃiˈljaːna]) is a semi-frozen dessert made with sugar, water, and various flavorings. Originally from Sicily, it is available throughout Italy in varying forms. 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.

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