Skewered Grilled Fruit With Ginger Syrup

Recipe from Johnny Earles

Adapted by Mark Bittman

Skewered Grilled Fruit With Ginger Syrup
Total Time
30 minutes
Rating
4(32)
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This is a melange of quickly grilled fruit, brushed with a ginger sauce that itself takes about five minutes to put together. The sauce is a simple sugar syrup -- half sugar, half water, boiled together until the sugar melts -- and is infused with a lot of ginger. You could use other flavors instead (mint, lemon verbena, thyme, even chili), but ginger seems perfect to me. —Mark Bittman

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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings
  • ½cup sugar
  • ¼cup thinly sliced fresh ginger (don't bother to peel it)
  • 4unpeeled bananas (not overripe)
  • 1small pineapple
  • 1starfruit (carambola), optional
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

296 calories; 1 gram fat; 0 grams saturated fat; 0 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 76 grams carbohydrates; 6 grams dietary fiber; 57 grams sugars; 3 grams protein; 4 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat a gas or charcoal fire; it should be quite hot, with the rack positioned 4 to 6 inches from the source of heat.

  2. Step 2

    Combine the sugar, fresh ginger and ½ cup of water in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat, and let sit while preparing the fruit. (Refrigerate if you're not using this right away; it will keep for at least a week.)

  3. Step 3

    Cut the unpeeled bananas into 2-inch-long chunks, and make a shallow vertical slit in the skin for peeling at the table. Peel and core the pineapple, then cut it into 2-inch chunks. If you're using starfruit, cut it into slices ½ inch thick.

  4. Step 4

    Skewer the fruit. Strain the syrup, and brush it on the fruit lightly. Grill the fruit until the pineapple is nicely browned, 2 to 4 minutes to a side. While it is grilling, brush it occasionally with the syrup.

  5. Step 5

    When the fruit is done, brush once more with syrup. Serve hot or warm.

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Jon

Don’t bother with the skewers (unless you’re using starfruit, I suppose) - trim off the pineapple skin and quarter lengthwise, discarding the core, and put directly on the grill. Halve the bananas and slice the peel as recommended. For extra decadence, serve over vanilla ice cream with fresh mint and the ginger syrup. Enjoy!

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Adapted from Johnny Earles

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