Plum Granita with Summer Fruit

• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 whole allspice
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
• 1 1/2 pounds plums, preferably red-fleshed (about 7 large), pitted, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
• 1 peach, pitted, thinly sliced
• 1 nectarine, pitted, thinly sliced
• 1 plum, pitted, thinly sliced

1. Combine water, sugar, allspice and cinnamon in heavy small saucepan.
2. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean.
3. Bring to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
4. Reduce heat and simmer until liquid is reduced to 3/4 cup, about 2 minutes.
5. Cool syrup completely.
6. Puree 1 1/2 pounds plums in processor.
7. Press enough puree through sieve to measure 1 1/2 cups.
8. Strain syrup into puree and blend well.
9. Transfer mixture to 9x5x3-inch glass loaf dish.
10. Freeze plum mixture until flaky crystals form, stirring every 30 minutes, about 4 hours.
11. (Can be made 1 week ahead.
12. Cover; keep frozen.)
13. Spoon granita into 4 glass goblets.
14. Top with peach, nectarine and plum slices and serve immediately.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/plum-granita-with-summer-fruit-4342 (may not work)