Strawberry and pineapple kebabs with chocolate sauce

Makes 8 strawberry and pineapple kebabs

Ingredients

8 small wooden skewers
1 punnet strawberries, hulled
1 cup freshly chopped pineapple pieces
1/2 cup demerara sugar

For the sauce:

200g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
150ml cream

Method

Soak the skewers in a bowl of water for 30 minutes (so they don’t burn during cooking). Preheat the grill and line a tray with baking paper. Thread the fruit onto your skewers and sprinkle liberally with sugar.

Meanwhile, place the cream in a saucepan on medium heat. Once it reaches boiling point, remove from heat and mix through the chocolate pieces. Stir until smooth and completely melted and transfer to a bowl.

Place the tray of kebabs under your hot grill and cook for a few minutes on each side, until the fruit is blistering and hot. Serve warm with the chocolate sauce.

Serving Suggestions

Note

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This recipe was created by Sophie Hansen for Kidspot, New Zealand’s best recipe finder: You can follow Sophie on Local is Lovely, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest.