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This Fresh Cherry Italian Ice is super easy, refreshing and delicious! @tasteLUVnourish

Fresh Cherry Italian Ice

August 22, 2016 By Caroline 6 Comments

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Living outside of Philadelphia, a city with a rich Italian culture, summers always included sweet and frosty Italian ices.  The origin of Italian ice varies depending on whom you ask, but it is most definitely a spin off of Italy’s granita. The difference lies in the texture.  Ice crystals in granita are larger and more coarse.  The more Americanized Italian ice has finer crystals and typically is a bit sweeter.  I personally keep the sweetness on the lower side, with this recipe in particular.

This Fresh Cherry Italian Ice is super easy, refreshing and delicious! @tasteLUVnourish

So, when I received a generous gift of the most beautiful cherries on one of the hottest days ever, this recipe came to mind.  It’s so easy and really fun to make your own ices.  Cherries work wonderfully, but play around with this basic recipe and use some of your favorite fruits.  It’s a great way to use up some over-ripe peaches, mangos or berries.

 

 

This Fresh Cherry Italian Ice is super easy, refreshing and delicious! @tasteLUVnourish

 

This Fresh Cherry Italian Ice is super easy, refreshing and delicious! @tasteLUVnourish

 

This Fresh Cherry Italian Ice is super easy, refreshing and delicious! @tasteLUVnourish

 

 

Fresh Cherry Italian Ice

This simple, easy recipe is so much fun to make and yields the most refreshing frozen treat! Perfectly vegan friendly, gluten-free and paleo.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups cherries pitted
  • 3 tablespoons honey or 3 tablespoons pure maple to keep this vegan
  • 1 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 3 cups ice cubes

Instructions

  • Place a metal loaf pan into your freezer. Freeze for at least one hour or overnight.
  • Add the cherries to your blender. Process on high speed for about 15 to 20 seconds. Add the honey or maple, the lemon juice and the ice cubes. Blend again on high speed until smooth.
  • Pour the mixture into the frozen loaf pan. Cover with aluminum foil and freeze for 8 hours or overnight.
  • Remove from the freezer. Using an ice-cream scooper, "shave" the ice to create scoops.

Notes

You can certainly use a food processor, if you must, but I've found that the texture is much nicer using a blender.
If you have a smoothie setting on your blender, that works well to give you the best consistency.
Be sure you've removed all of the pits from your cherries! One missed pit can ruin the whole batch! You may want to halve the cherries after pitting to be sure you got them all (I speak from experience) :(
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Adapted from Italian Ice Recipe – The Food Network
 

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  1. Kim

    July 11, 2021 at 4:15 pm

    Would you be able to use.frozen cherries?

    Reply
    • Caroline

      November 14, 2021 at 11:34 am

      Absolutely, Kim!

      Reply
  2. Mary Ann| The Beach House Kitchen

    August 22, 2016 at 6:24 pm

    What a perfect summer dessert treat Caroline! I can never get enough cherries during the summer, so I’ll have to give this a try before they all disappear! I did not realize you are from the Philadelphia area. I spend my summers at the Jersey shore but call Chestnut Hill home.

    Reply
    • Caroline

      August 23, 2016 at 1:18 pm

      Mary Ann! We are practically neighbors! Yes…cherries are my most favorite summer fruit!

      Reply
  3. Karen @ Seasonal Cravings

    August 22, 2016 at 6:14 pm

    I am so impressed that you have figured out how to make videos. Way to go girl! This Italian ice looks delicious and I know my kids would go crazy for it.

    Reply
    • Caroline

      August 23, 2016 at 1:17 pm

      Thanks so much, Karen! :)

      Reply

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