BBQ strawberries with black pepper honey glaze
"When you’re sitting around a braai to eat and keeping the coals alive while you set the world to rights, you might as well turn to the fire for dessert as well. This is a playful way of taking fresh strawberries to another level. Best when they are in season and bursting with flavour from the sun... the larger the berry, the better." – Reuben Riffles
Ingredients
Method- 24 large, plump strawberries with stems attached
- 4–6 skewers (if wooden, soaked in water)
- Vanilla ice-cream, for serving For black pepper honey glaze
- 1 cup honey
- 1 t grated fresh ginger
- 2 T balsamic vinegar
- 2–3 T ground black pepper, to taste
Method
Ingredients1. Preparing the Glaze. Melt all the glaze ingredients together in a saucepan over low heat.
2. Taste and adjust the amount of pepper to your liking.
3. Preparing the Strawberries. Thread 3 strawberries per skewer.
4. Brush the warm syrupy glaze over the strawberries.
5. Grill the Strawberries
6. Prepare very hot coals.
7. Grill the strawberries, turning the skewers from time to time, giving them another brush of syrup with each turn, for about 4–5 minutes or until they start to caramelise.
Serving
Serve the skewers with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream and a drizzle of any resting juices.
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Extracted with permission from ‘Braai” by Reuben Riffles . The book is published by Quivertree Publications. Photographs by Craig Fraser
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