I am Tagged-2 (7 Links Game)

The 7 links game, wherein each title has to be linked with a recipe that suits the name. And here are my links,

• Most Beautiful Post

Limoncello Granita

This is such an sweet, luscious dessert and absolutely beautiful to all your senses. 

Eyes see the 'white creaminess with tints of yellow' , Ears hear the 'smacking and licking of your lips', Tongue tastes the 'sweetness and tang', Nose smells the 'lemony flavor', and finally, it's smooth and silky texture feels heavenly.

• Most Popular Post

Mushroom Masala (dry)

This recipe has been viewed the most all time.

• Most Controversial Post

Unfortunately, there is no recipe under this category.

• Most Helpful Post

Hyderabadi Vegetable Biryani

Though all my recipes are shown step-wise, heard from quite a few that this particular recipe with all pics helped them in making their biryani.

• Surprisingly Successful Post

Basbousa/Hareesa

This is a finger-licking dessert that gave a little shiver and was a bit intimidating. But to my surprise it turned out successfully, just like the store bought.

• Attention Deserved Post 

Baked Samosa

Well, i expected this recipe deserved a little bit more attention and sadly it wasn't appealing to the viewers. 

• Post, I'm Proud of

Thick Crust Veggie Pizza

Pizza shops are around you every where. Ready made pizza dough and pizza sauces are available in almost every grocery store. What i am proud about is, that i made everything from scratch and the whole pizza disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Thanks for tagging me to this 7 links game, Shobha. It was really fun to pick the post and reviewing my blog from both reader's and blogger's prospective.

Limoncello Granita

This is a sweet-smelling lemony dessert, smooth and creamy, that you can't stop licking the spoon. It is perfect after a heavy meal as the limoncello helps in digestion. Limoncello is an Italian lemon liqueur, made from lemon peels. One of our very good friend gifted us this fine bottle, after their visit to Italy. It has strong lemony flavor without any sourness or bitterness from the lemon. Granita is a semi-frozen dessert made from sugar, water and other flavorings like lemon, orange, coffee, chocolate and so many. The texture of this frozen mixture will be semi-solid and creamy like yogurt, and the lemony flavor will leave you light and refreshing. The lemon zest gave the dessert nice yellow hue here and there, and every bite was absolutely yummy.

Come on, its cheese, liqueur and sugar, you cannot go wrong. Senthil gave 2 thumbs-up and me, very happy :)

Ingredients:

1 cup Mascarpone Cheese (8oz)

1/2 cup Limoncello 

1 1/2 cups Lemon simple syrup

9x13 Baking dish

 For Lemon Simple Syrup:

1 Lemon's Zest

3tbsp Lemon juice

1 cup Sugar

1 cup Water

How to:

• Heat a saucepan at medium heat, add the sugar, water, zest and lemon juice. Gently stir and bring it to a boil.

• Then reduce the heat and simmer it for 5 mins. Switch off and bring it to room temperature.

For Granita:

• Add the room temperature mascarpone cheese, limoncello and the lemon simple syrup and process until its smooth. (I used mixie and pulsed it 3 times. I guess food processor works even better.)

• Pour the mixture into the baking dish, wrap it and freeze it for at least 4 hrs.

• For serving, scrape the top layer with a fork or spoon and serve it immediately.