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    Home » Desserts » Fresh Fruit Desserts » Broiled Grapefruit Slices with Honey

    Broiled Grapefruit Slices with Honey

    Apr 16, 2013 · by Valentina · 14 Comments

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    Broiled Grapefruit Slices with Honey have a touch of ginger and fresh thyme. They're deliciously light and subtly sweet. Broiled grapefruit is a treat for breakfast, brunch or dessert.  Broiled Grapefruit Slices with honey a square white dish with fresh thyme.

    I love most fresh fruits on their own.

    Grapefruit however, I prefer with a touch of sweetness, so I love thinking up new grapefruit recipes with honey.

    fresh pink-colored grapefruit wedges on a baking sheet

    How to make Broiled Grapefruit Slices

    After cutting them into large, gorgeous slices revealing their perfect, rosy red flesh, I drizzled them with honey infused with fresh thyme and ginger. Then I broiled the wedges to caramelize and sweeten the surface.

    And voilà, a stunning and delicious result: Broiled Grapefruit Slices with honey, ginger and fresh thyme.

    Oh my! It's so good!

    Broiled Grapefruit slices on a baking sheet

    The broiled grapefruit slices would be super tasty to serve as they are, after they come out from under the broiler, but I have other ideas for it too . . .

    How to Serve Them

    • Can you imagine how incredible it would be to serve a few wedges on top of a couple of scoops of vanilla bean ice-cream? Just peel the skin off first and keeping them warm, they will slightly melt the ice cream. Perfect.
    • How how about tossing them into a fresh green salad?  It would be so pretty to serve as a first course. (Peel before you add them.)
    • You could also mix them into a fruit salad with many other textures and colors, like blueberries and bananas. The honey-ginger infused with thyme would lightly flavor everything. (Peel before you add them.)

    Broiled Grapefruit Slices with honey in a square white dish with dozens of fresh thyme sprigs around it

    I love this broiled grapefruit recipe, and I think the thyme is especially delicious with it, but rosemary or sage would also be really interesting.

    I hope you love Broiled Grapefruit Slices as much as I do.

    More grapefruit recipes:

    • Cucumber Salad with Grapefruit and Avocado
    • Grapefruit Brûlée
    • Honey Grapefruit Popsicles
    • Grapefruit Marmalade Recipe with Jalapeños
    • Pickled Ginger-Citrus Salad with Creamy Wasabi Dressing
    four slices of broiled grapefruit in white square bowl with thyme

    Broiled Grapefruit Slices with Honey

    Valentina K. Wein
    Broiled Grapefruit Slices with Honey have a touch of ginger and fresh thyme. They're deliciously light and subtly sweet. Broiled grapefruit is a treat for breakfast, brunch or dessert. 
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 minute min
    Total Time 16 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast, Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4
    Calories 108 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 large Ruby Red Grapefruit
    • ¼ cup honey
    • 2 tablespoons water
    • 1 sprig fresh thyme, washed and dried, leaves removed
    • 1 tablespoon crystallized ginger, finely chopped

    Instructions
     

    • Prep grapefruit and broiler. Cut the grapefruit in half horizontally, and then cut each half into about six even wedges. Place them, a few inches apart, on a baking sheet. Set aside.
      Turn on the broiler and place the rack/shelf as close as you can to the flame, with enough room for the grapefruit to be at least a couple inches below it.
    • Make honey "sauce." Add the honey, water, thyme and ginger to a small saucepan, and place it over medium-high heat. Cook only until it's a thinner, evenly combined mixture, about 2 minutes.
      Spoon about half of the honey mixture over the grapefruit wedges.
    • Broil. Place the baking sheet under the broiler. Broil only until they are beginning to char and are sizzling a bit.
      Then flip each slice of grapefruit over and spoon the remaining honey mixture on top. Return the baking sheet under the broiler until it looks like the other side. (Each side will only take a couple of minutes, so keep a close eye on them!)

    NOTES

    You can use any variety of grapefruit you like.
    You can also make this as two larger portions by leaving it in two halves, (like this), and then dividing the sauce between them.
    Calorie count is only an estimate.

    NUTRITION

    Calories: 108kcal
    Keywords fresh fruit desserts, great for brunch, citrus desserts for a party
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    Comments

    1. Colette @ JFF!

      April 17, 2013 at 8:13 pm

      LOVE the broiled citrus idea!

      PS- Valentina, I've been offered up to 5 copies of a new cookbook to give away. Pls enter via my latest blog post. xo

      Reply
      • valentina

        April 17, 2013 at 9:30 pm

        Thanks, Colette! Heading over to your site now to enter! 😀

        Reply
    2. Sue/the view from great island

      April 17, 2013 at 8:20 pm

      I know the term is overused, but this is literally making my mouth water!

      Reply
      • valentina

        April 17, 2013 at 9:41 pm

        Thank you, Sue! Impossible to overuse that term with me! 🙂

        Reply
    3. David

      April 17, 2013 at 8:53 pm

      Valentina,
      These are lovely! And I know we have a few more pink grapefruits on the tree! I will try them first in a salad, then as a dessert. Thanks!

      Reply
      • valentina

        April 17, 2013 at 9:42 pm

        David, thank you. You're so fortunate to have a grapefruit tree! I love it!

        Reply
    4. Rachel (Teacher-Chef)

      April 18, 2013 at 1:53 am

      My grandmother always roasted grapefruit halves - this looks so amazing like this though, love all the flavors 🙂

      Reply
      • valentina

        April 18, 2013 at 6:28 pm

        Thanks so much, Rachel -- roasting sounds just as delicious!

        Reply
    5. Loretta

      April 21, 2013 at 4:13 pm

      I've never seen grapefruits broiled before, very interesting and it looks beautiful.

      Reply
      • valentina

        April 22, 2013 at 6:59 am

        Hope you try it, Loretta!

        Reply
    6. Marye Audet

      April 24, 2013 at 2:57 am

      Love grapefruit anything! This looks fantastic. We have an abundance of Rio Star grapefruit which has such an amazing flavor - I need to try this. Thanks!

      Reply
      • valentina

        April 24, 2013 at 12:18 pm

        Marye - thank you. 🙂 The Rio Star grapefruits are gorgeous!

        Reply
    7. Mama's Gotta Bake

      April 24, 2013 at 4:49 pm

      I served these this weekend at a family BBQ and they were a big hit! Lovely photos too!

      Reply
      • valentina

        April 26, 2013 at 11:27 pm

        Thanks so much! So happy they were a hit! 😀

        Reply

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