When I do have time to watch television (which doesn't seem to be much these days), my tv is tuned to The Food Network. This morning, thanks to my cat, I was up watching this very network at 7am this morning. Though I wish I had slept a bit longer, I did get the chance to catch a great idea for a summer fruit dessert. This recipe requires very few ingredients and only about 40 minutes - most of which is just waiting.
I'm a huge fruit fan, so of course I needed to try this right away. I ran up to my local grocery store & picked up three types of fruit: a red plum, a white plum & a nectarine. You can really use whatever sweet fruit you want - Giada (the chef showing this recipe on TFN) recommended strawberries & pineapple as great alternatives.
So - you want to buy stone fruit that is firm but gives slightly to the touch. You need one of each fruit for every two people you'll be serving.
First, soak the appropriate number of bamboo skewers in water for about 30 minutes. This keeps them from burning during the grilling process.
Once your skewers are ready, slice each of your pieces of fruit in half & remove the pits. Next, skewer 1/2 of each type of fruit onto your skewer (so you have 1/2 nectarine, 1/2 red plum, 1/2 white plum - or whatever fruit you've decided to use).
Place your skewered fruite cut side up on a plate & sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar. This recipe would be excellent by itself, but the inclusion of sugar gives the surface a sweet crispy taste that is to die for!
Heat up your grill and place skewers cut side down. Grill for about 5 minutes. Remove & plate on a serving platter along with some pretty green adornments - Giada used mint leaves, which I thought looked beautiful.
1 Comments:
I don't know why but I've never made grilled fruit, it looks delicious, I need to remember to do it!
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