Tangerine Granita With Vanilla Bean Cream - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups fresh tangerine juice
2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup whipping cream
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise

Preparation

Combine tangerine juice and 2/3 cup sugar in 8-inch square metal baking pan and whisk until sugar dissolves. Freeze tangerine mixture 1 hour, then stir well. Cover and freeze until solid, at least 3 hours or overnight.
Place cream in small bowl. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Mix in 2 tablespoons sugar. Cover bowl and refrigerate vanilla cream for at least 2 hours or overnight.
Spoon 2 tablespoons vanilla cream into each of 6 glasses. Using fork, scrape granita into flakes. Mound granita into glasses and serve.