Creamed Yogurt With Grilled Fruit

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 10 ounces yogurt (strained overnight, preferably greek)
• 1/2 cup walnuts or 1/2 cup blanched almonds or 1/2 cup cashews or 1/2 cup pistachios
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 6 apples or 6 pears or 6 peaches, cut into wedges 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 6 tablespoons honey (preferably greek thyme-scented)
• 2 teaspoons aged balsamic vinegar or 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 4 mint leaves, julienned
• 6 wooden skewers, soaked in water

Recipe

• 1 place yogurt in a colander lined with cheesecloth and set over a bowl and drain overnight. remove yogurt from cheesecloth and place in a food processor. process at high speed until a thick, souplike consistency is achieved. transfer to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate.
• 2 in a small sauté pan, toast nuts with corn syrup, brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon water, until the nuts are glazed with syrup. when cool, chop coarsely.
• 3 in a bowl, gentle toss fruit of choice with oil and season with salt and pepper, until the fruit is coated. thread the fruit onto skewers.
• 4 set the fruit skewers on a hot grill, and cook until the fruit just starts to char. transfer to a plate to cool.
• 5 scatter 1 tablespoon toasted nuts onto each plate, arrange skewers on top, and drizzle with yogurt and honey. sprinkle with a few drops of lemon or balsamic vinegar and garnish with mint.