Mango Brulee

Eating Well newsletter, April 2007. A nice finish to a summer meal or a delicious breakfast! You can use pineapples, grapefruit, papaya, or even melon slices.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 2 mangoes

Ingredients

• 2  mangoes
• 4  teaspoons brown sugar
• 4  teaspoons rum or 4  teaspoons  orange juice
• 1  lime, cut into wedges

Directions

1. Preheat broiler.
2. Place one mango on a cutting board with the narrow side facing you.
3. With a sharp knife, slice off one side, sliding the knife along the flat seed.
4. Repeat on the other side of the mango.
5. With a paring knife, make crisscross cuts through the flesh, cutting up to but not through the skin.
6. Repeat with the second mango.
7. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon brown sugar over each mango half, then drizzle each one with 1 teaspoon rum (or orange juice).
8. Set mango halves on a broiler pan or baking sheet.
9. Broil until tops are light golden, 5 to 7 minutes.
10. Serve with lime wedges.