Green Tea and Shiso Granita with Fresh Cherries

Ingredients

• •2 tablespoons Japanese green tea
• •6 green shiso, perilla leaves
• •3/4 cup sugar
• •3 cups boiling water
• •1 pound fresh cherries, rinsed

Directions

1. 1Place the tea, shiso leaves, and sugar in a medium bowl. Add the water, stir to dissolve the sugar, and set aside for 5 minutes.
2. 2Strain into a clean bowl and set aside to cool to room temperature. Stir again and place the bowl in the freezer until the mixture begins to chill around the edges and across the top, about 1 hour. Whisk to break up and mix in the ice crystals.
3. 3Return the bowl to the freezer and chill for 2 hours more.
4. 4Whisk again, breaking up the ice crystals and stirring to make an evenly granulated mixture. Return to the freezer until frozen again, but not hard as a rock. Use right away or cover and keep in the freezer.