Grilled Plum And Bourbon Crisps Recipes

PISTACHIO PLUM CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• For the topping: Combine the flour, brown sugar, cardamom and salt in a medium bowl. Work the butter into the dry ingredients using your hands until completely incorporated (it will be soft and slightly sticky). Stir in 3/4 cup pistachios and set aside.
• For the filling: Toss the plums, granulated sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and rose water, if using, together in a 3-quart baking dish. Scatter the topping over the plums, then scatter the remaining 1/4 cup chopped pistachios on top.
• Bake until the fruit bubbles and the crumble is golden brown and crisped, 55 to 65 minutes. Let cool slightly before eating.

GRILLED PLUM AND BOURBON CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat; spray with cooking spray. Add the plums, cut-side down, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, just until charred. Remove from the heat.
• In a bowl, combine the flour, 4 tablespoons of the turbinado sugar, and the butter, lemon zest and cinnamon. Mix with your hands and squeeze gently to create dime-size clumps.
• In four 4-ounce Mason jars, add 1 tablespoon of the crumble; then add a plum half, grilled-side up. Score the plums in a criss-cross pattern¿this will allow the flavors to seep into the plums and make them easier to eat later. Fill each pit divot with 1 teaspoon bourbon and sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar. Divide the remaining crumble evenly between the jars. Set the jars in an 8-by-8-inch baking dish; pour 1/4 cup water into the baking dish.
• Bake on the center rack until the plums are soft and the crumble is golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool.
• Garnish each serving with a tablespoon of whipped cream. Serve.

ROASTED CHICKEN WITH BOURBON PEAR BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• For the pear butter glaze: Combine the pear sauce, sugar, bourbon, cardamom and lemon juice in a saucepan and cook, stirring constantly, until it reduces by half, 25 to 30 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup of the glaze to slather on the chickens as they cook, and the rest for serving.
• For the roasted chicken: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Pat the chickens dry and sprinkle liberally all over with salt and pepper. Divide the rosemary, lemon rinds and fennel between the cavities of both chickens. Tie the legs with butcher's twine and tuck the wings under the chickens.
• Place the chickens in a roasting pan and roast for 45 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and slather the chickens generously with the reserved pear butter glaze. Roast until the juices run clear when pricked, 15 to 20 more minutes. Let rest for 5 minutes to allow for carryover cooking.
• For the fennel salad: Meanwhile, toss the shaved fennel with the lemon juice, a drizzle of olive oil and salt and pepper to taste and place on a platter.
• Slather the chickens generously with more of the pear butter glaze and put the chickens on top of the shaved fennel salad. Garnish with fennel fronds. Serve with the remaining glaze.

PLUM CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• Spread the plums out into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar. In a bowl, mix together 3/4 cup white sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine with beaten egg and spoon the mixture over the plums. Drizzle batter with melted butter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the topping is brown, about 40 minutes.

GRILLED PLUM KABOBS

Steps:

• Arrange 4 plum quarters on each of 8 skewers so that cut sides of fruit all face in the same direction. Brush cut side of fruit with oil, and place, cut side down, on a medium-hot grill, off direct heat.
• Grill just until fruit begins to turn golden brown, about 2 minutes. Brush bottoms of fruit with oil, and turn over. Grill until pit cavity fills with juices and fruit is soft, about 5 minutes, depending on ripeness of fruit and heat of grill.
• Serve with bowls of vanilla ice cream, drizzled with caramel sauce.