[whirring] so granite is just a french word for granita, or shaved ice. you need sugar in it or else it won't scrape at all. it'll be completely rock lid. so what we're gonna do is just pour it into any dish you have. leave yourself overnight. and here we have one that i did a little earlier. it just freezes perfectly flat. you'll take a fork and scrape it just so you end up with your consistency of, like, shaved ice that you get at the fair or anywhere. you can do any fruit. you can do coffee, basil--anything--just make sure you have sugar in there. so now we'll just spoon some into our serving dish. and then to garnish it, i like to use products similar to what it's made of, or that complement the flavor, so i'm gonna use fresh pluot, peach, and apricots. and then because i--the pluots are--they're pretty tart, i like to put a little bit of whipped cream on top just to cut that tartness. so this is a really simple, beautiful dessert that you can serve at a party. it can all be done ahead, and you're making people happy. >> that concludes today's tour of