Apple Granita with Wine Jelly

Ingredients:
40 g caster sugar 600 g Granny Smith apples
A generous pinch of ascorbic acid powder (vitamin C) Juice of ½ lime
4 leaves gelatine 100 ml clear honey
300 ml sweet white wine (Sauternes or Muscat)

Method:

First make the granita. Dissolve the sugar in 2½ tbsp water in a pan and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.

Roughly chop the apples, discarding the cores, and toss them with the ascorbic acid to prevent browning. Juice the apples using an electric juicer (or core the apples and then puree in a blender with 100ml water). Add the lime juice to the apple juice, then strain through a fine sieve into a bowl. Stir in the sugar syrup

Freeze in a large plastic tray until frozen. This should take about 4 hours. Whisk the granita well after the first hour to prevent large ice crystals from forming. When fully frozen, scrape the granita into a slush with a fork. Keep in a rigid container in the freezer for up to 1 week.

To make the jelly, soak the gelatine in cold water for 5 minutes. Warm the honey in a pan over a medium heat and let it bubble for 3 minutes. Drain the gelatine and squeeze dry, then add to the honey with the wine. Stir over the heat for 2 minutes until the gelatine has melted. Strain into six small glasses (about 150ml) and cool. Refrigerate for 2 hours until set.

To serve, sweeten the yogurt with sugar to taste, then spoon over the jelly and top with the granita.