Hi, everyone!
So yesterday was "Eat What You Want day"…and I posed this question on my Facebook page: what would you eat every day if calories didn’t count? I said warm chocolate chip cookies out of the oven and lots of you agreed. Although ice cream, pizza, cheese fries, and bacon are all right up my alley, too! (Thanks for all your comments.) And if you’re not following me on Facebook yet, here’s where you can find my page.
“Eat What You Want Day” may have been yesterday but I’ve got another sweet treat that you should probably try today, while we’re at it. I mean…you don’t want to miss anything, right? Plus—this has fruit in it! Vitamins and antioxidants are important!
This recipe is prepared with the Cook's Essentials® 7-Piece BBQ Grill Pan with Removable Plates (K42351).
Ingredients:
- 1 pound cake, (store-bought or homemade)
- 8 oz frozen peach slices
- 8 oz fresh pineapple, sliced in small rectangles
- 1 (4-oz) jar Sarabeth's Peach Apricot Preserves
- 1 (4-oz) jar Sarabeth's Pineapple Mango Preserves
- 4 oz chopped fresh strawberries
- 8 oz whipped topping (garnish)
- Fresh mint leaves (garnish)
Preparation:
- Preheat a grill over medium heat. Slice the pound cake into 10 1/2" slices. Place the cake directly on the grill grates or in a grill pan. Cook until grill marks appear. Set aside. Repeat with the peaches and pineapple, cooking until grill marks appear. Set aside.
- Combine both preserves and mix in the chopped strawberries. Place the pound cake on dessert plates and top with the grilled fruit. Sandwich the fruit with a second slice of pound cake. Top with the preserves, a dollop of whipped topping, and the mint leaves. Scatter any extra grilled fruit on each plate next to the cake.
If you’ve never had grilled fruit, you’re in for a treat. Grilling caramelizes the sugar in fruit and enhances the sweetness. Plus, you get that great tastes-good-on-everything smoky flavor. The same thing happens with the pound cake. The sugars in the cake caramelize and the cake gets this toasty crust because of the heat.
Just be sure your heat isn’t too high…it’s easy to burn these delicate ingredients. And, I like to use a grill basket to prevent the fruit from falling down the grill grates. I’ll show you how easy that is tomorrow night on You’re Home with Jill thanks to QVC’s Today’s Special Value®...the Cook’s Essentials(R) Grill Pan. I hope you can join me at 6pm ET.
From my home to yours,
—Jill