Making Strawberry Granita

I'm making Strawberry Granita as dessert tonight and haven't shared this recipe before.  Once upon a time I sold Pampered Chef and it is one of their tried and true simple to make ones.  Wow, that is awful grammar but I'm leaving it as is.

Gather all your ingredients or as Mister would say, "Make sure your mise en place is at the ready."  To make enough for 12 people, you will need 2 1/4 cups water; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 3/8 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 pound strawberries, hulled; 3 tablespoons lemon juice; 6 tablespoons vodka (can use a currant flavored, but I use plain); additional sliced strawberries, vodka, and mint for garnish (not shown).

Combine water, sugar, and salt in a 2 qt. saucepan.  Cook over low heat 3 minutes or until sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally; remove from heat. 

Place strawberries in blender container or food processor. 

Cover; blend until smooth. 

Add pureed strawberries, lemon juice and vodka to sugar syrup.  Mix well.

Pour strawberry mixture into a 2 qt stainless steel mixing bowl. 

Place strawberry mixture into freezer.

Freeze 2-3 hours, stirring every 30 minutes with silicone whisk until completely frozen and mixture appears finely chopped. 

Cover; freeze until ready to serve.  If desired, serve with additional sliced strawberries and drizzle with additional vodka.  Garnish with mint.  (Mine actually did look exactly like this but I got caught up in serving it that I forgot to take the last few pictures.  As a result you are getting the picture from Pampered Chef since if you are like me, you need a visual of the finished product.  It's just so dang good.