Broiled Grapefruit

Broiled grapefruit is a delicious, two-ingredient dessert or breakfast that takes less than 10 minutes to make. Gluten-free, dairy-free.

About Broiled Grapefruit

Back in the 8th grade, one of my friends introduced me to grapefruits, and I am forever grateful to her because when a grapefruit is good, it is oh so very good!

Any time of the day is great for grapefruit - breakfast, lunch, dinner, after dinner, snack, dessert.

Up until recently, I would just cut it and eat it straight from the bowl.

But I saw broiled grapefruit and thought it could be fun to try out.

I decided to test multiple versions to find my favorite.

I did one half without any sugar, one with brown sugar, one with regular sugar, and one with maple syrup because I thought that sounded interesting.

Variations

Which one did I like best?

Every single version was good!

If I had to rank them, it would be (beginning with my most favorite):

• Sugar
• Brown Sugar
• Maple Syrup
• Plain

Moral of the story: if you don't want to add sugar, then simply broil it.

If you want it a little sweeter, use whatever sweetener you have in your pantry - regular sugar, brown sugar, or maple syrup.

I'm sure honey would be good too, but I'll leave that up to you to try.

Just like regular grapefruits, these are great anytime - breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, dessert.

These would be a good healthy dessert for guests because they look pretty and take all of 60 seconds {per grapefruit} to prepare with 7 minutes to broil. Serve with a little dollop of yogurt or whipped cream - yum!

I ate mine for breakfast with some eggs.

I want the whole grapefruit, but you could just eat one half and share the other with someone else. It's up to you.

How to cut a grapefruit:

1. Start with a serrated knife

2. Cut the grapefruit in half horizontally

3. Put it in a bowl

4. If it's not sitting up right by itself  turn it over and slice a small piece of the bottom off to give it a flat surface to sit on

5. Now it sits up straight without wobbling

6. Using the serrated knife, cut around the edges of the grapefruit insides and the skin

7. Go around the entire diameter of the grapefruit

8. Now cut out each section of the grapefruit

9. Try to cut each piece on the inside part of each section - use the "lines" as guides and cut on the inside part of them for each section

10. Repeat with the entire grapefruit and you're done!