Coffee Granita with Sambuca Ice Cream and Chocolate Shavings

• 4 cups hot strong brewed coffee
• 1 cup superfine granulated sugar
• 1 cup chilled heavy cream
• 4 teaspoons confectioners sugar
• 4 to 5 teaspoons Sambuca
• 1/2 cup fine-quality bittersweet chocolate shavings (not unsweetened; cut with a vegetable peeler from a 3-oz bar)

1. Stir together coffee and granulated sugar until sugar is dissolved, then chill until cold, about 1 hour.
2. Pour into an 8- to 9-inch baking pan (1 1/2- to 2-quart capacity) and freeze, stirring and crushing lumps with a fork every 30 minutes, until evenly frozen, about 4 hours.
3. Scrape with fork to lighten texture.
4. Beat cream with confectioners sugar and Sambuca (to taste) in a bowl with an electric mixer until it just holds soft peaks.
5. Spoon Sambuca cream into 8 glasses and top each serving with a scant cup of granita (do not pack when measuring).
6. Sprinkle with chocolate shavings.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/coffee-granita-with-sambuca-ice-cream-and-chocolate-shavings-106602 (may not work)