Grilled Peaches and Plums With Yogurt and Caramel Sauce

Grilled peaches and plums with yogurt and caramel sauce is a healthy way to lighten up dessert this summer.

Lord knows, I sure need to lighten up these days. The beauty of this dessert is that it is healthy but so damn good you’ll never know it.

This grilled stone-fruit recipe comes together is less than 20 minutes. Let me give you a summarized version of how this dessert comes together:

• Brush the peaches and plums with oil.
• Grill the peaches and plums until they are about to burst with sweet caramelized juice.
• Sprinkled with brown sugar and allow it to melt.
• Remove from grill.
• Dollop the fruit with tangy Greek yogurt.
• Drizzle with a homemade caramel sauce.

Paired with port wine or dessert-style wine of your choice, you will think you have died and gone to heaven.

A lot of times when a meal comes off the grill, it seems like the hot grill is practically begging David to put something else on it. Sometimes, he will throw on some chicken for salads to enjoy the next day. Other times he will even kiss some country-style pork ribs with smoky grill flavor to finish off in the oven for dinner. It’s a great way to use up hot coals and they don’t require that much stoking.

Last summer, David and I changed things up a bit. We began to experiment with grilled desserts from the residual heat that radiated from the grill. We grilled peaches and there are always s’ mores. This recipe is another one I came up with using ripe summer fruit.

Let’s grill peaches and plums!

Grilled Peaches and Plums With Yogurt and Caramel Sauce

Step #1: Fire up the grill.

Preheat the grill to medium-high.

If you have already been grilling food, you may want to through on a few fresh coals to keep the fire stoked while you enjoy the main coarse. When you are ready to grill the fruit, clean the grate, and start grilling the peaches and plums.

Step #2: Prepare the fruit for the grill.

Using a sharp paring knife, run it down the seam of the peaches and plums. Cut the peaches and plums in half and remove the pits.

Brush the cut side of the peaches and plums with oil.

Step #3: Grill the peaches and plums.

Grill the peaches and plums with the oiled cut-side down over medium-high heat until grill marks form and the peaches and plums begin to brown; about 3 to 5 minutes.

Flip the peaches and plums. Sprinkle each with some of the brown sugar. Grill for an additional 3 to 5 minutes more, or until the peaches and plums are soft. The fruit should not fall apart or become mushy.

Remove the peaches and plums from the grill.

Step #4: Serve the peaches and plums.

• Serve the grilled peaches and plums with a dollop of Greek yogurt on each, and drizzle with homemade caramel sauce.

David and I thoroughly enjoyed this dessert. I didn’t even know I liked plums and David didn’t complain a bit about the yogurt, which he really doesn’t care for. It’s probably because it practically melted over the warm fruit like ice cream and provided a nice tang to offset the sugars in the fruit.

Try this grilled dessert at your next cookout. Everyone will love it!

Love Peaches and Plums?

Try these other delicious recipes using peaches and plums:

• Jerk Chicken with Spicy Peach and Plum Coconut Sauce
• David’s Cinnamon Peach Crisp With Fresh Peaches
• Spicy Chipotle Peach Barbecue Sauce
• Grilled Peaches With Cinnamon Ricotta Crème