Grapefruit Brulée
- Yield: 6 servings
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 5 mins
Brulée means "burnt" and is most associated with the hard cooked, broiled sugar coating on top of the rich, creamy egg custard-like dish that adopted its name. In this case, it's fresh grapefruit segments that get treated to the broiler—a method that brings the natural sugars forward.
Ingredients
- 3large red grapefruits (such as Texas Rio Stars), peeled and sectioned
- 1/2cup packed dark brown sugar
- 2tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1/4teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4teaspoon grated or ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat broiler.
- Place grapefruit sections in a broiler-safe 13×9-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with sugar; dot with butter. Sprinkle spices over top.
- Broil until bubbling and beginning to brown at the edges, about 5 minutes. Cool 2 minutes. To serve, gently transfer sections to bowls with a metal spatula; scoop up juice in pan and drizzle over sections.
Recipe by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough.
Want more help? Check out this step-by-step video on how to section citrus.
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 150
- Glycemic Load 0
- Fat 4g
- Saturated Fat 2.5g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 1g
- Cholesterol 10mg
- Sodium 0mg
- Potassium 230mg
- Carbohydrate 29g
- Fiber 2g
- Sugars 27g
- Protein 1g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Vitamin A 35%
- Vitamin C 100%
- Calcium 2%
- Iron 4%