Whenever I visit my friends who live on the Chesapeake, I try to bring some food. I found a recipe for a Tart with Grilled Fruit in a cookbook called Crazy About Pies that I bookmarked for my next trip to Maryland because we always end up grilling and I thought it would make a great complement to a barbecued dinner. I decided to instead make a dark chocolate brownie to go with the grilled fruit instead of the tart. (I will have a post about Crazy About Pies in the near future, there are some amazing sounding recipes in this cookbook!) The brownie recipe is adapted from an Alton Brown recipe.
Ingredients (makes 16 servings):
- 2 pints of ice cream, preferably fruit based (I used a strawberry almond milk ice cream)
Brownies
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4 large eggs
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1 cup sugar
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1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
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8 ounces melted butter (2 sticks) plus more for greasing
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1 cup dark chocolate cocoa
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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1/2 cup flour
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1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Fruit
- Fruit of your choice (about 1 cup): I used pineapple, kiwi, and watermelon
- the juice of 2 oranges
- 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
You can make the brownies ahead of time. To make, preheat your oven to 300 degrees. Lightly grease an 9×13 pan with softened butter and set aside. Melt the 2 sticks of butter butter and set aside. Add the eggs to a large bowl and beat on medium speed until light and frothy.
Add the sugars and mix to combine.
Add the melted butter, dark chocolate cocoa, vanilla, flour, and salt and mix to combine.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. (I used one of those brownie pans that cuts them up perfectly while they bake. You can just use a normal pan.)
Bake at 300 degrees for 50 minutes to an hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool and cut into 16 pieces.
To make the fruit, combine the orange juice, melted butter, and brown sugar. Cut the fruit into bite size pieces and pour the mixture over the fruit.
Heat a grill or grill pan over medium high heat. Speak with cooking spray and add the fruit pieces. (If doing on a normal grill, it probably makes sense to thread the fruit on to skewers before adding to the grill). Grill for 3-4 minutes on each side.
To assemble, add the brownie to a plate. Top with a scoop of ice cream and the grilled fruit.
Each part of this dessert could probably hold its own but together it makes one fantastic dessert!
The brownies are rich but aren’t overly sweet and have a touch of saltiness to them. Fruit when grilled caramelizes adding a extra bit of sweetness. And the ice cream adds a nice creaminess and ties it all together.
Ingredients
- 2 pints of ice cream, preferably fruit based (I used a strawberry almond milk ice cream)
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 8 ounces melted butter (2 sticks) plus more for greasing
- 1 cup dark chocolate cocoa
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup flour
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- Fruit of your choice (about 1 cup): I used pineapple, kiwi, and watermelon
- the juice of 2 oranges
- 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.
- Lightly grease an 9×13 pan with softened butter and set aside.
- Melt the 2 sticks of butter butter and set aside.
- Add the eggs to a large bowl and beat on medium speed until light and frothy.
- Add the sugars and mix to combine.
- Add the melted butter, dark chocolate cocoa, vanilla, flour, and salt and mix to combine.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake at 300 degrees for 50 minutes to an hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool and cut into 16 pieces.
- To make the fruit, combine the orange juice, melted butter, and brown sugar. Cut the fruit into bite size pieces and pour the mixture over the fruit.
- Heat a grill or grill pan over medium high heat. Speak with cooking spray and add the fruit pieces. (If doing on a normal grill, it probably makes sense to thread the fruit on to skewers before adding to the grill). Grill for 3-4 minutes on each side.
- To assemble, add the brownie to a plate. Top with a scoop of ice cream and the grilled fruit.
