Soda granitas

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Anyone ever make a granita using soda? I want to make a dessert layering root beer granita with vanilla ice cream for a whole root beer float kinda vibe.

Most granita recipes I've seen start with a flavored syrup- I don't know if soda has enough sugar already, or needs to be cooked some. I could use root beer syrup to flavor a simple syrup, but I wanted to try using soda.

Any experience out there?

[The Futility of Nihilism]

No experience, but it sure sounds good. If you succeed, take pictures!

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We have freezy mugs over here that you can put your coke into and it freezes into slushy. It loses a lot of the fizz, but keeps a small amount of tingle. It definitely stays very sweet.

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It's not easy- The liquid won't really freeze until it decarbonates. A trick I've found with some manufacturers who put "carbonated" ingredients into their frozen products is that they put Pop Rocks (remember them) in to replicate the fizz.

[Pure]

Thanks- I'm not interested in the fizz, just the flavor. I wonder if letting the soda go flat first is a good idea.

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Originally Posted by Ivorytowerdenizen

Most granita recipes I've seen start with a flavored syrup- I don't know if soda has enough sugar already, or needs to be cooked some. I could use root beer syrup to flavor a simple syrup, but I wanted to try using soda.

I don't think you could lose by trying soda as-is. Soda's cheap enough. It should be sweet enough, but it may be more a matter that the soda flavor (once ice-cold) isn't strong enough.

That said, I made a champagne-pear sorbet with six pears, 1 bottle of no-alcohol champagne, and about 1 cup of pear preserves. No sweetener added (other than what was in the preserves). The champagne flavor came through just fine.

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It worked!!!

As a test run I poured one bottle of Jones Root beer into a glass 8X8 dish. I stir it for awhile to release a lot of the carbonation. Put in the freezer and every half hour scraped with a fork. Put a small scoop of vanilla in a glass ramekin and put a scoop of the granita on top.

It was SO good!

Now will ramp up for tomorrow and make pretty parfaits.

[jali]

Sounds good.

Now I can impress my folks.

Gracias.

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Must Do This. Now.

But minus the devil-worship. Well, maybe.