Fruit Kabobs - Monday comfort food

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)