Grilled peaches with ginger sugar and mint
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- 1 lemon
- 0 Extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp mint
- 0 Ginger sugar
- 400g fresh ginger
- 100g granulated sugar
- 1 egg white
Step 1
Prepare the ginger sugar in advance:
Step 2
Preheat oven to 90C.
Step 3
Peel the ginger, grate and combine with sugar.
Step 4
Whip the egg whites to a stiff peak.
Step 5
Gently fold in to the ginger and sugar mixture.
Step 6
Spread evenly on a non-stick baking mat or parchment paper on a sheet tray.
Step 7
Bake for 10 minutes.
Step 8
Using a spoon, break up larger clumps of the sugar and redistribute.
Step 9
Continue baking and stirring every 10 minutes for about an hour, or until it's dried out and resembles crumbled sugar cubes.
Step 10
Remove from oven, let cool to room temperature, and store in an airtight container.
Step 11
To grill the peaches: place them on a clean, hot rack close to the embers.
Step 12
Cook until they ease off cleanly from grill – about 5 minutes.
Step 13
Flip and grill until tender and skin is caramelised.
Step 14
Sprinkle with ginger sugar, a squeeze of lemon, a drizzle of olive oil, and mint.
Step 15
Serve and enjoy.