Summer fruit kebabs with rum butter glaze

Mon, 5 June 2017

Ingredients:
1/2 pineapple, peeled, halved and cored
12 strawberries
12  bananas peeled and cut into chunks
12 raspberries
3 kiwis peeled and cut into chunks
Caster sugar for sprinkling
75g (3oz) unsalted butter
75g (3 oz) demerara sugar
Juice of 1 lime
1 vanilla pod
2 tablespoons of dark rum
 
Method:
1- Prepare fruit by peeling and cutting equal size pieces of fruit.
2- Place fruit on skewers and chill.
3- Sprinkle fruit skewers with caster or icing sugar and barbecue for 5 minutes until lightly caramelised.
4- Melt butter in a pan and add demerara sugar and lime juice.
5- Split vanilla pod open and scrape out the seeds with a knife into the pan. Add rum and set alight and place pan to side of BBQ.
6- Place summer fruit kebab on plate and drizzle over some of the rum sauce. Serve with salted caramel ice-cream or fresh cream.