Beer Snow Cones

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 (12 ounce) beer, chilled
• 1 syrup (see below)

Recipe

• 1 pour beer into 8- or 9-inch square glass baking dish; freeze 45 minutes. when ice crystals begin to form at edges of dish, stir mixture with fork. freeze about 3 hours longer, stirring every 45 minutes, until completely frozen. should be granita texture.
• 2 to serve, scoop into snow cone papers or lowball cocktail glasses. drizzle with desired syrup.
• 3 red raspberry-lemon syrup: in 1-quart saucepan, mix 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water. using vegetable peeler, remove strips of lemon peel (yellow part only) from 1 lemon; add to saucepan. squeeze juice from lemon; add juice and 1 cup fresh or frozen red raspberries to saucepan. heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. remove from heat; set aside 1 hour to cool. strain syrup into glass jar; discard solids. cover jar, and refrigerate until needed. about 1 3/4 cups.
• 4 blueberry-lime syrup: in 1-quart saucepan, mix 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water. using vegetable peeler, remove strips of lime peel (green part only) from 2 limes; add to saucepan. squeeze juice from limes; add lime juice and 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries to saucepan. heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. remove from heat; set aside 1 hour to cool. strain syrup into glass jar; discard solids. cover jar, and refrigerate until needed. about 1 3/4 cups.
• 5 orange syrup: to 1-quart saucepan, add 1 cup sugar. using vegetable peeler, remove strips of orange peel (orange part only) from 1 medium orange; add to saucepan. squeeze juice from 6 medium oranges (about 1 1/4 cups juice); add juice to saucepan. heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. remove from heat; set aside 1 hour to cool. strain syrup into glass jar; discard solids. cover jar, and refrigerate until needed. about 1 1/2 cups.