{"id":6969,"date":"2020-05-15T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T08:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/?p=6969"},"modified":"2020-05-25T10:13:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T08:13:04","slug":"sicilian-granita-original-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/sicilian-granita-original-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sicilian granita: original recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A sweet treat<\/strong>, usually served in <strong>clear glass goblets,<\/strong> to be enjoyed with a spoon or with the traditional &#8220;brioscia col tuppo&#8221;. <strong>\u00a0The Sicilian <\/strong>granita is a timeless Italian gastronomic <strong>delight<\/strong> (as well as a panacea <strong>to deliciously cool you down<\/strong> in summer!).<\/p>\n<p>Do you know the original recipe of Sicilian granita? The <strong>basis<\/strong> consists of only three ingredients: water, sugar and lemon juice. Then, depending on where <strong>you are<\/strong> <strong>located, or on <\/strong>your taste, it can be enriched with something else, from the classic <strong>flavours of<\/strong> melon, coconut, almond, pistachio and strawberry to the more <strong>distinct flavours of<\/strong> bergamot, peppermint, mojito, etc.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The origin of the<\/strong> <strong>authentic<\/strong> Sicilian granita<\/h2>\n<p>The history of the Sicilian granita is very ancient, dating back to the time of <strong>the <\/strong>Arab domination. In fact, when the Arabs arrived in Sicily they brought with them the recipe for the so-called &#8220;sherbet&#8221;, the iced drink, typical of the Middle East, flavoured with flower petals and fruit juices. However, we must not forget that <strong>at that time, during the winter season, <\/strong>the Sicilians <strong>already<\/strong> collected the snow that had fallen on <strong>Mount Etna, <\/strong>and <strong>other <\/strong>mountains, <strong>and kept it stored<\/strong> inside special stone buildings, erected above caves (so that the temperature could remain cold)<strong> until summer<\/strong>. Then, <strong>when needed <\/strong>snow and salt were placed in a <strong>\u2018pozzetto\u2019<\/strong> (a wooden<strong> container holding<\/strong> <strong>a zinc bucket) continuously mixing<\/strong> until the desired consistency was obtained: <strong>that is,<\/strong> the granita. That ancient<strong> pail<\/strong> has now been replaced by the ice cream maker.<\/p>\n<h2>Calories <strong>and <\/strong>nutritional values of <strong>the <\/strong>Sicilian granita<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Refreshing<\/strong> and <strong>delicious<\/strong>, <strong>the<\/strong> Sicilian granita is known everywhere. <strong>Though,<\/strong> do you know how many calories <strong>are there in a 100 gr Sicilian granita<\/strong>? Less than 90 kcal! If we <strong>consider<\/strong> all the other nutritional values, then we should specify that 100 grams <strong>of granita<\/strong> contain 7.06 grams of fat, 29.1 grams of carbohydrates and 0.4 grams of protein. These values obviously vary according to the added <strong>extra<\/strong> ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The<\/strong> RivaReno ice cream <strong>parlours<\/strong> also offer a wide choice of granitas, all super genuine and <strong>refreshing<\/strong>, <strong>freshly made daily and with the finest <\/strong>consistency!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sweet treat, usually served in clear glass goblets, to be enjoyed with a spoon or with the traditional &#8220;brioscia col tuppo&#8221;. \u00a0The Sicilian granita is a timeless Italian gastronomic delight (as well as a panacea to deliciously cool you down in summer!). Do you know the original recipe of Sicilian granita? The basis consists&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/sicilian-granita-original-recipe\/\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":6936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6970,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions\/6970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}