Tomato and Salted Plum Granita

Recently hubby and I went to a Japanese restaurant that serves an awesome array of sashimi and sushi. At the end of the meal, we were served with granita as dessert. The flavour was interesting, and I knew that it's made of ingredients that I'm familiar with, but I just couldn't figure out what went into the granita. It took me a few nights of tossing and turning in bed, recalling the flavour over and over again, and I finally realised that it's made of tomato and salted plum!

I bought some tomatoes and a pack of dried plums the next day and try to make my own granita. I experimented by slowing adding the amount needed for each ingredient until I get the right combination. Here's the recipe, give it a try and I hope you will like it too!

Tomato and Salted Plum Granita Recipe

Ingredients:
8 salted plum
4-5 tomatoes
500ml water
3 teaspoons sugar (add more if you want your granita sweeter)

Method:
1) Cook salted plums, sugar and water for about 20 minutes. Turn off heat, discard the salted plum and leave to cool.
2) In the mean time, roughly chop the tomatoes.
3) Put the tomatoes and salted plum syrup into a blender. Blend to a pulp.
4) Pour the mixture into a shallow container. Freeze for two hours, or until partially frozen. Remove from freezer, use a fork to break the frozen pieces into smaller pieces and mix well into the liquid.
5) Continue to freeze. Stir the mixture every 30 minutes until there's no liquid left in the mixture.
6) To serve, scrape shavings off from the frozen block of granita with a spoon. Serve immediately.