Dessert for barbecue fans fruits on the griddle

How fruits are grilled on the grid

01/08/2014

Grill fans succeed meat, bratwurst and fish usually without problems on the rust. Somewhat more difficult is the preparation of desserts over the hot embers. The news agency „dpa“ Talked to the grill professionals about the best ways to prepare fruits, pastries and tarts on the grill.

Fruits on the grill are the classic grilled desserts
If the sausages and steaks are consumed, the ideal time to prepare refined grill desserts is above the residual heat. Beginners can first try fresh fruit on the griddle. Their preparation is easy and they convince by their taste. „The fruits are deprived of water during heating and thus causes a concentration of the aroma“, explains Andreas Bräuer from the German Grill and BBQ School in Erfurt to the news agency. For grilling, fruits with firm flesh such as apples, bananas, mangoes or pineapple are suitable. The latter can even be cooked on the grill as a whole. So that smaller berries and smaller pieces of fruit do not slip through the grill, they should be placed in foil or a bowl on the grill. Alternatively, they can be skewered. „So that they do not splinter, wooden skewers are best watered beforehand“, says André Karpinski, head of the catering company „Kaiser pepper“ in Pulheim near Cologne to the news agency. The skewers should not be placed directly but in an aluminum dish on the grate, otherwise the fruits could take on the aroma of the burned meat marinade.

Stuffed fruit on the grid is particularly refined
There are also refined recipes for marinades for grilled fruit. „A cantaloupe melon is cut in half and gutted, the pulp is portioned with the ball cutter, marinated in coconut milk or liqueur and then cooked in the shell half“, explains Silke Kobr, cookbook author from Memmingen to the news agency. Rum, liqueur and honey are also suitable. For example with pineapple pieces and dates, which are alternately put on watered wooden skewers and marinated in lemon juice and rum for 60 minutes. Then the fruit skewers per side should be grilled for one to two minutes. It can be served creamy whipped cream, which was mixed with honey and vanilla, are served.

Anyone who is already a little more experienced in grilling fruit can dare fillings. Bananas are very good for this because they can be sliced ​​lengthwise and filled. So, dark chocolate with nuts can be stuffed into it. So that the sweet mass does not run out, the banana should be wrapped for grilling in aluminum foil.

Prepare baked goods and tarts on the grill
Those who like it even more refined should try the grilling of baked goods. „A very helpful accessory is a pizza stone, explains Kobr. A thinly-rolled dough can be topped with fruits such as apples and bananas and nuts, chocolate cream or honey and drizzled. On the pizza stone, the dough can be baked optimally. On the other hand, biscuits can be placed on the grill in foil packaging. „Very popular with children are shortcrust tartlets topped with slightly torn marshmallows, hazelnut-nougat cream and berries“, reports Karpinski. Tartlets wrapped in foil should be grilled on the edge of the grid for about 15 minutes.

Even more spectacular are the ice bombs on the grill. „Commercially available ice cream is cut into four-by-four-centimeter cubes, frozen cold, then wrapped in wafer-thin filou dough and cooked on the grid as a cube or large bonbon on the edge of the grill“, explains Karpinski. Alternatively, fireproof molds can be thin lined with shortcrust pastry and filled with ice. Over it a thick layer of egg whites should be applied, so that the ice does not melt immediately on the grill.

For some years, the trend is towards a closed barbecue, which, due to its circulating effect, significantly extends the barbecue facilities, as Bräuer informs. In it even muffins, fruit crumbles and pies as well as brownies could be prepared. „The lid is the way to great barbecue luck“, so the conclusion of the expert from the grill and BBQ school.