Cranberry Granita with Orange Whipped Cream

• 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon (scant) ground cloves
• 1 1/2 cups cooked cranberry sauce
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel
• 3/4 cup chilled whipping cream

1. Bring cranberry juice, 1/2 cup sugar, and cloves to boil in small saucepan, stirring often; set aside.
2. Puree cranberry sauce in processor; add juice mixture and puree.
3. Pour mixture into 8x8-inch baking dish; freeze until firm, at least 4 hours.
4. Boil orange juice and 2 tablespoons sugar in small saucepan until reduced to 1/4 cup, stirring occasionally, about 4 minutes.
5. Mix in peel.
6. Cool orange syrup.
7. Whisk cream and 3 tablespoons orange syrup in medium bowl to soft peaks.
8. Scrape tines of fork across frozen cranberry mixture, forming flakes.
9. Mound generous 1/2 cup granita to 1 side in each of 6 glasses.
10. Mound 1/4 cup whipped cream on opposite sides.
11. Drizzle remaining orange syrup over cream in each.

cranberry juice cocktail, sugar, ground cloves, cranberry sauce, orange juice, chilled whipping cream

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cranberry-granita-with-orange-whipped-cream-236488 (may not work)