~165 cal · 1g protein · 44g carbs · 0g fat (estimated, per serving)
🍽️
Lemon granita in a glass beside a soft brioche
🇮🇹 Sicily
In the Sicilian summer, breakfast is granita con brioche: a semi-frozen, coarsely crystalline ice — lemon, coffee, almond, or mulberry — spooned into or eaten alongside a soft, topknotted brioche col tuppo. Cooling and refreshing, it is how the island beats the heat first thing in the morning.
Sign in to save recipes to your book and leave reviews.
Make it yours
Toggle a diet and the ingredients rewrite themselves with regional substitutes.
🥕 Vegetarian
🌱 Vegan
🌾 Gluten-Free
🥛 Dairy-Free
🥜 Nut-Free
🥚 Egg-Free
Ingredients
Serves 4 —
•
1 cup lemon juice (or strong coffee)
•
3/4 cup sugar
•
2 cups water
•
4 brioche col tuppo
Instructions
1
Stir the sugar into the water until dissolved, then mix in the lemon juice (or coffee).
2
Pour into a shallow tray and freeze.
3
Every 30 minutes, rake the mixture with a fork to break up the crystals.
4
Repeat until it is icy, fluffy, and granular, about 3 hours.
5
Scoop into glasses and serve with soft brioche for dipping.
Sicilian summer tradition.
Ratings & reviews
Sign in to rate this recipe once you’ve cooked it.
No reviews yet — be the first to cook it.
🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
📍
Sicily. A sun-baked island of eggplant, almonds, and the sea.
🗺️
Italy. Twenty regions, twenty utterly different cuisines.
🌍
Europe. Village recipes guarded for generations.
The story behind this dish is up top — worth a read while the pot works.
👩🍳
Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
Recipes cooked, tested, and researched by the creators of Spin the Globe. How we build our recipes →
More from Italy
Pasta alla Norma
Fried eggplant, tomato, basil, and salted ricotta over pasta — Catania's tribute to its favorite opera.
Tagliatelle al Ragù
Bologna’s slow-simmered meat sauce folded through fresh ribbon pasta — the dish the world calls "bolognese," done right.
Spaghetti alle Vongole
Spaghetti tossed with clams, garlic, white wine, and parsley — the Bay of Naples in eight ingredients.