Grilled Coconut-Apple Crisp Recipe
If you enjoy oven-baked crisps, then you’ll love the more intense, caramelized flavors you get when you grill one. This recipe has a Caribbean slant with spice, coconut, and ginger, and will fit in anywhere, from your next tailgate to the holiday table.
Game plan: You can also make this indoors. Just bake it in an 8-by-8-inch dish at 350ºF; it will take about 40 to 45 minutes.
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For the filling:
- 2 1/2 pounds Pink Lady, Gala, or Jonagold apples, peeled, cored, and cut into eighths
- 1/4 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
For the topping:
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sweetened angel flake coconut
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (1/2 stick), cut into small pieces
- Heat a grill to medium high (about 375ºF). Place all filling ingredients in a large nonreactive bowl and toss to coat apples. Turn mixture into an 8-by-8-inch disposable baking pan; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together all topping ingredients except butter until evenly combined. Blend in butter pieces with your fingertips until small clumps form and the butter is well incorporated, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle topping evenly over apple filling.
- Grill, covered, until streusel is browned and apples are fork tender, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Let cool on a rack at least 5 minutes before serving.
why would grilling at 375 give a more intense flavor? Bottom heat?