Grilled Pineapple and Bananas with Lemonade Glaze
Grilled Pineapple and Bananas with Lemonade Glaze is a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegan side dish. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 3g of protein, 1g of fat, and a total of 319 calories. This recipe serves 4. It is perfect for The Fourth Of July. Head to the store and pick up bananas, turbinado sugar, pineapple, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.
Instructions
Make a lengthwise slice on the skin of each unpeeled banana chunk to allow easy peeling after bananas are grilled. Thread the fruit onto skewers, alternating chunks of banana and pineapple.
To make the glaze, put the sugar in a stainless-steel saucepan and cook over medium-high heat until it becomes liquid, about 3 minutes. Stir with a wooden spoon and add the lemon juice and zest. If using cane syrup, simply add the lemon juice with zest and stir, without heating. Set aside.
Fill a charcoal chimney with hardwood lump charcoal, set the chimney on the bottom grill grate, and light. When the coals are ready, dump them into the bottom of the grill and spread evenly. For a gas grill, turn to medium-high.
Brush the skewered fruits with the glaze.
Place the skewers over direct heat. Grill 3 minutes on each side, until fruit is browned.
Remove from grill and brush again with the glaze.
Excerpt from 25 Essentials: Techniques for Grilling, by Ardie A. Davis, © 200
Photographs © 2009 by Joyce Oudkerk Pool. Used by permission of The Harvard Common Press.