Grilled Brown Sugar Bananas

Grilled Brown Sugar Bananas

Grilled bananas serve as a delightful side dish to complement savory meals, and they also function as a simple yet exquisite dessert. Due to their robust and firm texture, bananas are ideal for grilling when they are just shy of ripeness; therefore, for this recipe, select firm yellow bananas that are not overly mature, as the heat will render them mushy.

In Caribbean cuisine, bananas are essential for balancing flavors in spicy dishes or heavily seasoned meats and fish. These grilled bananas pair wonderfully with jerk chicken, spicy pulled pork, or even firm white fish such as cod or halibut. While they may not be a common side dish in certain regions, do not overlook these bananas and serve them alongside your preferred meats. Additionally, grilled bananas make for a delightful dessert, perfect for topping vanilla ice cream and drizzling with a whiskey sauce.

To ensure a successful recipe, it is crucial to have a well-oiled grill grate before placing the banana pieces on it. Keeping the bananas in their peels will help them maintain their structure while grilling.

"I had never thought of grilling bananas before, and I am pleasantly surprised by their wonderful flavor. Using firm bananas, they stood up well to grilling and were not overly sweet. I wish I had known about this when raising my children! I am thrilled to have leftovers for my morning oatmeal."

Other Grilled Banana Desserts

The combination of bananas and ice cream is a timeless classic, but these grilled bananas can provide even more possibilities. Here are several ideas to maximize the potential of your bananas:

Fill a pre-made pie crust with grilled bananas, pour in enough egg custard to cover the fruit, and bake until the crust is golden and the custard has set. Allow the pie to cool and garnish with meringue or whipped cream and fresh raspberries.

Utilize the grilled bananas as a filling for wontons. Fry the wontons until they are crispy, then dust with confectioners' sugar and drizzle with chocolate sauce.

The grilled bananas will add an extra dimension of flavor to your favorite banana bread recipe. Simply substitute the cooked bananas for the raw ones in your recipe.

Place the grilled bananas on a serving plate, drizzle them with dulce de leche, and top with crushed cashews or almonds.

The grilled bananas can be processed into a sauce and further cooked with 1/4 cup of whiskey until the sauce has browned and reduced in volume, around 15 minutes on medium heat. Pour the sauce over pound cake or French toast.

What type of fruit is best to grill?

Fruit that you want to grill should be firm and not overripe; otherwise, they turn to mush. Some of the types of fruit that hold their shape best for grilling are pineapple, peaches, bananas, and pears.

A nice grilled fruit recipe to try !
Ingredients:

* 6 bananas
* 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice
* 2 teaspoons cinnamon

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat grill for medium-low heat. Without removing the peel cut each banana in half lengthwise. Sprinkle each half with lemon juice. Combine cinnamon and brown sugar in a bowl. Coat exposed surface of the bananas in sugar mixture. Place banana halves on an oiled grill grate, peel side up. Allow to cook for 2-3 minutes per side. Remove bananas from grill, then from peel and serve with favorite ice cream and topping. The grilled fruit recipe of sugar bananas is ready...enjoy it !
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Fruit Kebabs with Chocolate Sauce

Grilled Fruit Kebabs with Chocolate Sauce

If I were to choose a single season throughout the year to designate as my favorite, it would undoubtedly be summer. Pool parties, picnics, and extended days at the beach are all part of it. I relish the warm sunshine on my face, submerging my head underwater, and then enjoying cold fruit as the water trickles down my skin. Summer is truly the best.

The availability of fresh seasonal fruit significantly contributes to my affection for this time of year. Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, watermelon, peaches, grapes, and pineapple are all delightful on their own, but it can also be enjoyable to discover inventive ways to present them when hosting guests. These fruit kebabs serve as the ideal solution.

By simply arranging the fruits on bamboo skewers and pairing them with a creamy chocolate dipping sauce that takes only 10 minutes to prepare, you will leave everyone with the impression that you are an accomplished host.

The dipping sauce consists of a straightforward blend of raw cashews, cocoa powder, pure maple syrup, vanilla, non-dairy milk, and a hint of sea salt. Blending these ingredients results in a rich chocolate cream that you will need to resist consuming before your guests arrive.

I opted for a combination of my favorite fruits (strawberries, pineapple, grapes, and blueberries), but you are welcome to use any varieties you prefer. If you are feeling indulgent, you could even incorporate small pieces of vanilla cake onto the skewers, but the fruit alone is sufficiently sweet and satisfying.

In total, the kebabs require less than 20 minutes to prepare and can be kept for several hours if you wish to make them ahead of time. They are the perfect refreshing treat for a warm summer day!

Notes

*Soak cashews in a large bowl filled with several inches of water for at least 6 hours or overnight. For a quicker method, bring a pot of water to a boil, remove it from the heat, then add the cashews and let them soak for 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

* 2 ripe bananas, peeled
* 6 slices pound cake (1/2 inch thick cut into 1 inch squares)
* 2 medium ripe nectarines or peaches
* 6 whole strawberries, stemmed
* 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
* 1 5-ounce can evaporated milk (2/3 cup)
* 2/3 cup sugar
* 1/4 cup butter or margarine

INSTRUCTIONS:
To prepare sauce, melt chocolate chips and butter or margarine over low heat in a small saucepan. Add in the sugar and slowly add the evaporated milk. Bring mixture to a boil,
reduce heat and stir for 8 minutes. Remove and set aside.
Remove seeds from peaches or nectarines and cut the fruit into wedges. Slice the bananas and pound cake into 1-inch squares. Thread the peaches or nectarines, cake, and bananas alternately onto six 12-inch-long skewers. To each skewer add one strawberry.
Grill each kebab about 5 minutes or until cake is lightly browned, making sure to turn only once. To serve, push contents from skewers onto dessert plates and lightly drizzle with warm chocolate sauce. The grilled fruit recipe is ready...enjoy the kebab !
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Grilled Fruit Gorgonzola Salad

Grilled Fruit Gorgonzola Salad 

Grilled Fruit Recipe Ingredients

• 1/3 ripe pineapple, peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch pieces

• 2 firm ripe peaches or nectarines
• 1 Anjou pear
• 1 tablespoon oil
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1/3 pound crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
• 15 leaves fresh basil, chopped
• 10 sprigs Italian flat leaf parsley, chopped
• 2 cups arugula leaves, chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil (optional)

Grilled Fruit Recipe Instructions 

 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil grate. Cut the peaches in half, removing the pit. Keeping the skin on the pear, cut straight down one side, then the opposite, leaving the core. Cut the two remaining sides off of the core (the pieces will not be even). Brush a small amount of oil on the pineapple, peaches, and pear to prevent them from sticking to the grill. Sprinkle all sides of the fruit with pepper. Place the fruit flesh side down on the grill and cook for 10 minutes, turning as needed, until soft and caramelized. When the fruit is cooked, remove from the grill and place on a serving platter. Sprinkle with crumbled cheese and top with chopped basil, parsley and arugula. Drizzle with olive oil if desired. Serve the grilled fruit hot...enjoy it !

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BBQ & Grilled Fruit Recipes

BBQ & Grilled Fruit Recipes

Ingredients

• 4 peaches, halved and pitted 
• 2 tablespoons clover honey 
• 1 cup soft cream cheese with honey and nuts 
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Directions
Preheat a grill for medium-high heat.
Brush peaches with a light coating of oil. Place pit side down onto the grill. Grill for 5 minutes, or until the surfaces have nice grill marks. Turn the peaches over, and drizzle with a bit of honey. Place a dollop of the cream cheese spread in the place where the pit was. Grill for 2 to 3 more minutes, or until the filling is warm. Serve immediately. Enjoy !

Grilled Fruit Plus Dip and Glaze

Grilled Fruit Plus Dip and Glaze

Grilled Fruit Recipe Ingredients

* 4 oz. cream cheese
* 1 tbsp honey
* 1 sliced red pear
* 1 sliced red apple
* 1/2 sliced cantaloupe
* 2 sliced bananas
* 1/4 cup melted butter
* 1 tbsp honey


Grilled Fruit Recipe Instructions:

Dip In a small bowl, combine softened cream cheese and honey. Set aside.
Glaze In a small bowl, combine melted butter and honey. Set aside.
Slice pear, apple, cantaloupe and bananas into large pieces.
In a large bowl, combine fruit and desired amount of glaze.
Toss gently.
Place fruit slices onto a medium grill, and grill fruit until grill marks appear, about one minute.
Remove from grill and place on a serving platter.
The grilled fruit is ready to serve with cream cheese dip. Makes 4 servings...enjoy it !

Grilled Fruit Pizza

Grilled Fruit Pizza

Grilled Fruit Recipe Ingredients

* Homemade or ready made pizza dough (NOT crust!) split into 6 sections and formed into disks
* 1 pint fresh strawberries
* 1 pineapple, cleaned
* 2 kiwi fruits peeled
* 1 jar (14-oz. size) strawberry preserves
* 1 package (16-oz. size) chocolate or white chocolate morsels

Grilled Fruit Recipe Instructions:

Cut fruit into pieces large enough so that they won't fall through the bars of the grill; or place a piece of aluminum foil over grill.
Spray the fruit lightly with cooking spray or EVOO.
Grill fruit until grill marks appear.
Set fruit aside and prepare pizza crust for the grill.
Spray the disks of pizza dough with cooking spray or olive oil and place on the grill.
Cook dough for 3-5 minutes.
Flip over, and spread with strawberry jam.
Add chocolate chunks and grilled fruit.
Continue to grill until chocolate melts and pizza is heated through, about 4-5 minutes.
Serve immediately. Enjoy !

Grilled Fruit Kabobs

Grilled Fruit Kabobs

Grilled fruit recipes INGREDIENTS
* 2 fruit kabobs with strawberries and kiwi
* 2 tbsp vegetable oil
* 2 tbsp brown sugar
* 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
* 1 tsp ground cinnamon
* 1/4 cup fresh mint, chopped
* 2 apples, cored and cut into &nbsp1" pieces
* 2 bananas, peeled and cut into 1" pieces
* 2 peaches, pitted and cut into 1" pieces
* 4 kiwis, peeled and sliced into 1" thick sections
* 4 1" slices fresh pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into 1" pieces (or 1 can pineapple chunks)
* 16 strawberries, washed and hulled

Grilled Fruit Recipe INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat the grill.
In a small bowl, combine oil, sugar, lime juice, cinnamon and mint; mix until sugar is dissolved.
If you are using wooden skewers, soak them in water for about 10 minutes to prevent them from burning.
Alternate fruit pieces and thread onto skewers.
Brush fruit kabobs with the sugar mixture and place on the grill.

Grill fruit kabobs for about 6-8 minutes, turning frequently until fruit starts to brown and is heated through.The grilled fruit recipe is ready to serve..enjoy it !
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GRILLED FRUIT RECIPE 1

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Try this nice grilled fruit recipe !
INGREDIENTS

• Apple
• Pears
• Bananas
• But ter
• Brown sugar
• Ground cinnamon
• Ground ginger

INSTRUCTIONS
Do not peel. Cut the fruit in half or wedges. Bananas must be cut lengthwise. Remove cores. Baste with a mixture of 1/2 cup butter, 3 tablespoons brown sugar and 1 teaspoon ground
cinnamon or ginger. Place fruit on grill with skin up. Grill on medium 8 to 10 minutes for halves, 4 to 5 minutes for rings or wedges. The grilled fruit recipe is ready to serve...enjoy it !
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Grilled Fruit

Grilled Fruit Recipes

Grilled Fruit Recipe Ingredients :

Honey Glaze:

• 8 tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
• 1/4 cup Honey
• 3 tbsp Freshly squeezed lime juice (from 1 to 2 limes)

Fruit:

• 2 Bananas
• 2 Peaches
• 2 Nectarines
• 2 Plums
• 1 Pineapple

Grilled Fruit Recipe Instructions:
1. Stir together all of the honey glaze ingredients until smooth.
2. For grilled bananas: Peel the bananas, and slice in half crosswise and then lengthwise. (you will have 4 pieces, each about 4 inches long and 1/2 inch thick.) Add a pinch of ground cinnamon and/or 2 tablespoons of dark rum to the honey glaze. Using a pastry brush, coat the banana pieces with the glaze. Grill over direct medium heat for 6-8 min., turning gently, until light brown.
3. For grilled peaches, nectarines, plums: halve the fruit and remove the pits. Toss the fruit gently in a bowl with the honey glaze. Grill, cut side down, over direct medium heat for 10-12 minutes, turning after 7 or 8 min.
4. For grilled pineapple: Cut off the top and the peel. Slice the fruit into 3/4 inch-thick rounds. Add 2 Tbsp of dark rum to the honey glaze. Using a pastry brush, coat both sides of each slice with the glaze. Grill over direct medium heat for 12 to 15 min., turning once halfway through. The grilled fruit recipes is ready to serve...enjoy it !
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Grilled Pineapple Sundae

Grilled Pineapple Sundae
A nice grilled fruit recipes to try !
Ingredients:

* 1 pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into 1 inch slices
* 1/2 cup brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons melted butter
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream

INSTRUCTIONS
Combine brown sugar, butter, lemon juice and cinnamon and mix until even. Brush mixture over pineapple slices. Place pineapple slice on preheated grill over a high heat and grill for about 1 minute per side or until browned. Remove from grill and immediately top with a scoop of ice cream and serve. These are best if the pineapple is warm when you eat it. The grilled fruit recipe of pineapple is ready....enjoy !

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Grilled Cinnamon Apples

Grilled Cinnamon Apples
A nice grilled fruit recipe to try !
Grilled Fruit Recipe Ingredients:

* 2 apples, cored and cut into 1/4 inch slices
* 1/2 cup water
* 1/4 cup lemon juice
* 2 tablespoons brown sugar
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Grilled Fruit Recipe Instructions:
Preheat grill for medium heat. Combine water and lemon juice in a large bowl. Add apple slices to mixture. In a small bowl combine cinnamon and sugar. Place apples on grill rack and allow to cook for 6-8 minutes on each side, turning once.
Once cooked, place apples on a large dish and sprinkle with sugar mixture. The grilled fruit recipe is ready to serve..enjoy it !
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Grilled Cinnamon and Brown Sugar Pears

Grilled Cinnamon and Brown Sugar Pears
A great grilled fruit recipe to try !!
Ingredients:

* 5-7 ripe pears
* 3 tablespoons butter, unsalted
* 3 tablespoons apple or pear juice
* 3 tablespoons brown sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger
* 1/8 teaspoons ground cloves

INSTRUCTIONS:
Place all ingredients, except pears, in a small saucepan.
Simmer until butter and brown sugar have melted together.
Preheat grill for medium heat. Peel and core pears making sure to leave stems on. Stand pears upright in a skillet and place on grill. Cool for 15-20 minutes over direct medium heat, while continually basting throughout cooking process.
Remove from heat and serve with glaze on top. The grilled fruit recipe is ready...enjoy it !
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Grilled Pears

Grilled Pears...a nice grilled fruit recipe to try !
Ingredients:

* 2 large ripe pears
* 1/2 cup white wine
* 1 tablespoon sugar
* 1 cinnamon stick (about 2 inches)
* 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions:
Spray a grill safe baking dish with cooking spray. Cut pears in half from the top and remove seed. Place face down in baking dish and cover with remaining ingredients. Cover and place on preheated grill for about 15 minutes. Remove when most the liquid is gone and pears and easily pierced with a fork. The grilled fruit recipe is ready...enjoy it !
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