Name: Red Wine Vinegar Mignonette Granité
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: FrenchEurope
Ingredients: ½ cup red wine vinegar; 3 tablespoons water; 2 teaspoons finely grated shallot; ¾ teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper

Why This Recipe Works

Creating a textured twist on the classic mignonette required simply mixing up the ingredients—vinegar, water, shallot, and sugar—freezing the mixture in a shallow bowl, and then scraping the frozen sauce with a fork to create icy flakes. Finely grating the shallot made the mixture easier to scrape, and stirring in coarsely ground pepper after scraping added more delicate crunch.

Before You Begin

If you prefer a traditional mignonette, skip the freezing and scraping steps, cover the bowl, refrigerate the sauce for at least 30 minutes or up to two days, and serve it chilled.

Instructions

In shallow bowl, stir together vinegar, water, shallot, and sugar. Freeze until fully frozen, at least 1 hour or up to 2 days. One hour before serving, place small serving bowl in freezer. To serve, scrape frozen mixture with fork to create ice crystals. Stir in pepper. Transfer to chilled serving bowl; serve or cover and freeze until ready to use.