Today
I thought I’d share an unusual kabob ingredient. We often think of kabobs as a meat dish or
vegetable preparation, but today I thought I would share two fruit kabobs. The first is to be served cold the second is
to be grilled. Each has a sauce that can
be served with them or brushed on.
Dipped Fruit
Kabobs (makes 12)
1
tart apple cut in 1-inch cubes
1 pear
cut in 1-inch cubes
1
can unsweetened pineapple chunks
30 to 40 individual mint leaves
24
grapes
24
strawberries
1 Tbls
lemon juice
For
Dip:
1 ½ cups
vanilla yogurt
4 1/2
tsp flaked coconut
4 1/2
tsp unsweetened orange marmalade
2 tsp freshly chopped mint
Toss
apple and pear with lemon juice. Divide
ingredients into 12 even portions and thread onto wooden skewers. Combine dip ingredients in a small bowl. Chill
and serve with kabobs.
Grilled
Fruit Kabobs (makes 8)
This
recipe is a great grilled dessert, with a sweet and tart flavor. Just make sure the grill is cleaned of meat
before grilling fruit or the flavor will be contaminated.
For syrup:
1
cup granulated sugar
1
cup water
¼ cup
peeled and thinly sliced fresh ginger
For kabobs:
4
bananas, not overly ripe
4
large peaches
1
small pineapple
1
medium-size papaya, ripe, but not too soft
Make
the syrup: combine sugar with water and ginger in a saucepan. Bring to a boil
and simmer 3 minutes. Remove from heat,
cool to room temperature, strain out ginger.
Make the kabobs: Cut
unpeeled bananas into 2-inch chunks, make a small slit in the peels. Quarter
the peaches, discarding pit. Peel and
core pineapple; cut into 2-inch pieces. Peel papaya, cut in half, discard seeds
and cut into 2-inch chunks. Thread fruit onto 8 wood skewers and brush lightly
with ginger syrup. Grill over high heat
until lightly browned, about 2 minutes per side. Brush with more syrup and serve warm.
RECIPE THEME
Each
month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive
archive will be shared. This year we have 12 new topics, different from the
topics of last year. To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe
link
or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018, or Recipe2019
You
can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box
and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom
of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each
month. All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2020 so you can find
them
all.
The
themes are:
Feb
2020 - Footbal Tailgate Favorites (AppFeb)
March
2020 - Kabobs (KabobMar)
April 2020 - Brunch (BrunchApr)
May 2020 - Non-Traditional Pizza (PizzaMay)
June
2020 - StirFry Dishes (StirJun)
July
2020 - Salads with no lettuce (SaladJul)
August 2020 - Pickled things (PickleAug)
September 2020 - Quiche
(QuicheSep)
October 2020 - Squash Soups (SquashOct)
November 2020 -
Pumpkin (again) (PumpNov)
December 2020 - Turkey Recipes (TurkDec)
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