Broiled Grapefruit With Brown Sugar and Flaky Salt Recipe (2024)

We dispense with the broiling step. Put a grapefruit in each bowl. Add sugar, etc., then add a bit of 150 proof rum and light it on fire!! Voila!! Toasty flaming grapefruit. For extra cheer, add a pretty maraschino cherry in the middle!! Squeeze the extra grapefruit juice into the remaining rum. Talk about a pick me up!!

I'd forgotten about broiled grapefruit! It was a weekend, winter treat my late mother used to make. And SO delicious! I need to add grapefruit to my shopping list and make some. Thanks for the reminder!

Wow , I grew up with this dessert in the 50's! Pretty much as described. Another twist, would be to save the scooped out shells, throw in a few grapefruit sections, stuff with vanilla ice cream and freeze, Then for a spectacular dessert, whip up some egg whites into a meringue, cover the frozen shells, place under the broiler-watch carefully! Voila, Grapefruit Baked Alaska.

Served this with the "Chile-Oil Fried Eggs With Greens and Yogurt", fresh OJ and Bloody Marys - best brunch ever.

We had left over juice in the bottom of our grapefruit shells. Saved it and the juice, touch of cinnamon and salt made a tasty vodka co*cktail that evening!!

My dad used to make broiled grapefruit for breakfast in the 60’s. We loved the contrast of tart citrus and sweet brown sugar. The best part is the broiling causes the grapefruit to release more juice. We’d finish eating the sections and the squeeze out the lovely sweet and tart juice. Can’t wait to try with some flaky salt.

Delightful! I was out of honey and my partner doesn’t eat dairy so I substituted date syrup and splashes of olive oil. It was a hit!

This was so delicious. I used just over half the called for brown sugar, which cut the bitterness but kept the tart without being overly sweet.

Skip the butter and honey. Go straight to brown sugar and sprinkle it with cardamom. Skip the salt. Enjoy.

SOOOO good! Never made this before and even though I didn’t get a crunchy top (grapefruit too juicy perhaps?) this was fantastic. All worth it for the juice at the end that was sweet with a hint of cinnamon and tasted like a wonderful Christmas drink of some sort. Warm grapefruit is juicer and amazing will totally make again.

Nostalgic as written and also tried cutting peeled grapefruit into chunky sections before broiling, then dumping the juicy sweet mess on top of yogurt - an extra drizzle of honey would not be a bad idea here either.

I make this but add quartered fresh figs before sprinkling with sugar and broiling. Amazing appetizer!

Could you use an air fryer ? Thank you

I plan on making these as-is. Mainly because I'd love an indoor alternative to the BBQ grapefruit that I've been making on occasion for years. I love grapefruit all ways, but warmed and lightly sweetened is an unexpected, refreshing, and light end to an outdoor dinner on the summer's hottest days. I'm interested to see how it could play indoors. Perhaps a counter to a heavy 'comfort' meal or a promise of summer.

Growing up, my widowed maternal grandmother lived with us. She would bake grapefruit with a copious amount of brown sugar on top...it would caramelize a good bit; she would add some cinnamon after it was done. SO GOOD!

My beloved MIL served this as a dinner party appetizer, with the addition of Cointreau or Drambuie drizzled over the top. Divine.

My dad used to make broiled grapefruit for breakfast in the 60’s. We loved the contrast of tart citrus and sweet brown sugar. The best part is the broiling causes the grapefruit to release more juice. We’d finish eating the sections and the squeeze out the lovely sweet and tart juice. Can’t wait to try with some flaky salt.

Why ruin a good grapefruit? Texas Marsh White or Ruby Reds are the best, and are best with no adornment. People who think grapefruit is sour haven't eaten a good Texas grapefruit.

Easy way to jazz up grapefruit for Christmas brunch. We used a torch. Next time, maybe less sugar. Delicious!

We had left over juice in the bottom of our grapefruit shells. Saved it and the juice, touch of cinnamon and salt made a tasty vodka co*cktail that evening!!

Served this with the "Chile-Oil Fried Eggs With Greens and Yogurt", fresh OJ and Bloody Marys - best brunch ever.