When the grates are hot but still clean, before you start grilling your meal, throw on the fruit for this drink. The caramelized sugars will add richness and smoky-sweet depth to every sip. Cooking Note: Please allow 2 hours for chilling.
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Ingredients
- 1 kiwi, peeled and sliced
- 1 mango, peeled, cut away from pit, and sliced
- 1 orange, sliced
- 1 star fruit, sliced
- 1⁄2 pineapple, peeled, cored, and sliced
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1⁄2 vanilla bean, split
- 1⁄2 cup soda water
- 2 tbsp. honey
- 1 cup Italian lemon soda, such as San Pellegrino Limonata
- 1⁄2 cup apricot brandy
- 1 (750-ml.) bottle white wine
- Mint sprigs, for garnish
Instructions
Step 1
Build a medium-heat fire in a charcoal grill, or heat a gas grill to medium. (Alternatively, heat a cast-iron grill pan over medium-high.) Working in batches, grill kiwi, mango, orange, star fruit, and pineapple, turning once, until charred on both sides, 4 minutes for kiwi, 6–8 minutes for mango and orange, and 8–10 minutes for star fruit and pineapple. Transfer to a pitcher with cinnamon and vanilla bean
Step 2
Bring soda water and honey to a simmer in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium-high. Cook until honey has dissolved, 2–3 minutes; transfer to pitcher with fruit. Add lemon soda, brandy, and wine. Refrigerate 2 hours; serve with mint sprigs.
- Build a medium-heat fire in a charcoal grill, or heat a gas grill to medium. (Alternatively, heat a cast-iron grill pan over medium-high.) Working in batches, grill kiwi, mango, orange, star fruit, and pineapple, turning once, until charred on both sides, 4 minutes for kiwi, 6–8 minutes for mango and orange, and 8–10 minutes for star fruit and pineapple. Transfer to a pitcher with cinnamon and vanilla bean
- Bring soda water and honey to a simmer in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium-high. Cook until honey has dissolved, 2–3 minutes; transfer to pitcher with fruit. Add lemon soda, brandy, and wine. Refrigerate 2 hours; serve with mint sprigs.
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