Grilled Pineapple and Bananas with Lemonade Glaze

Ingredients

• 4  banana ripe ends trimmed unpeeled cut into 2-inch chunks
• 0.5  juice of lemon 
• 1  pineapple fresh cored peeled cut into 2-inch chunks
• 0.5 cup sugar 

Equipment

• sauce pan
• wooden spoon
• grill
• skewers

Directions

1. Make a lengthwise slice on the skin of each unpeeled banana chunk to allow easy peeling after bananas are grilled. Thread the fruit onto skewers, alternating chunks of banana and pineapple.
2. To make the glaze, put the sugar in a stainless-steel saucepan and cook over medium-high heat until it becomes liquid, about 3 minutes. Stir with a wooden spoon and add the lemon juice and zest. If using cane syrup, simply add the lemon juice with zest and stir, without heating. Set aside.
3. Fill a charcoal chimney with hardwood lump charcoal, set the chimney on the bottom grill grate, and light. When the coals are ready, dump them into the bottom of the grill and spread evenly. For a gas grill, turn to medium-high.
4. Brush the skewered fruits with the glaze.
5. Place the skewers over direct heat. Grill 3 minutes on each side, until fruit is browned.
6. Remove from grill and brush again with the glaze.
7. Serve immediately.
8. Excerpt from 25 Essentials: Techniques for Grilling, by Ardie A. Davis, © 200
9. Photographs © 2009 by Joyce Oudkerk Pool. Used by permission of The Harvard Common Press.