Raspberry Beer Float with Raspberry Granita Recipe

Raspberry Beer Float with Raspberry Granita Recipe

  • 1 750-ml bottle chilled Belgian raspberry beer (framboise lambic)
  • 3 tablespoons sugar, divided
  • Premium vanilla ice cream
  1. Mix 1 cup beer and 1 tablespoon sugar in glass pie dish; stir to dissolve. Freeze until set, at least 4 hours or overnight.
  2. Boil 1 cup beer with 2 tablespoons sugar in heavy small saucepan until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 10 minutes. Chill syrup until cold. Chill remaining beer.
  3. Using fork, scrape granita into flakes. Spoon ice cream into 4 small glasses; drizzle syrup over. Top with granita; pour more beer down the inside of each glass.