Creamed Yogurt With Grilled Fruit |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Fresh nuts, fruit, honey, & yogurt What more do you need? Ingredients:
10 ounces yogurt (strained overnight, preferably greek) |
1/2 cup walnuts or 1/2 cup blanched almonds or 1/2 cup cashews or 1/2 cup pistachios |
2 tablespoons corn syrup |
2 tablespoons brown sugar |
6 apples or 6 pears or 6 peaches, cut into wedges 2 tablespoons olive oil |
salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste |
6 tablespoons honey (preferably greek thyme-scented) |
2 teaspoons aged balsamic vinegar or 2 teaspoons lemon juice |
4 mint leaves, julienned |
6 wooden skewers, soaked in water |
Directions:
1. Place yogurt in a colander lined with cheesecloth and set over a bowl and drain overnight. Remove yogurt from cheesecloth and place in a food processor. Process at high speed until a thick, souplike consistency is achieved. Transfer to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate.
2. In a small sauté pan, toast nuts with corn syrup, brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon water, until the nuts are glazed with syrup. When cool, chop coarsely.
3. In a bowl, gentle toss fruit of choice with oil and season with salt and pepper, until the fruit is coated. Thread the fruit onto skewers.
4. Set the fruit skewers on a hot grill, and cook until the fruit just starts to char. Transfer to a plate to cool.
5. Scatter 1 tablespoon toasted nuts onto each plate, arrange skewers on top, and drizzle with yogurt and honey. Sprinkle with a few drops of lemon or balsamic vinegar and garnish with mint.
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