The Sweetness Of Grilling: Create Scrumptious Desserts Without Heating Up The Kitchen
A meal just isn’t complete without dessert. But instead of reaching for store-bought sweets or those unimaginative brownies from a box, get more mileage out of your grill by grilling your next dessert.
“Years ago, even the most inventive cooks treated the idea of making desserts on a grill with skepticism, but now you can’t claim to be a master griller unless you have at least a couple desserts in your repertoire,” said Jamie Purviance, author of Weber’s Real Grilling. “The truth is out about their great taste, and then there is the dramatic effect of opening the lid and surprising your guests with sizzling sweets.”
Preparing a grilled dessert can be as easy as warming fresh fruits such as halved bananas, split peaches or sliced pineapples over direct heat and serving them with a scoop of ice cream. Or you can use indirect heat to actually bake something simple such as a fruit cobbler or crisp.
“In many ways, a covered grill works as an oven,” said Purviance. “The hot flames cook like a broiler that has...