Brown Sugar-Glazed Grilled Plums with Lavender-Crème Fraîche Ice Cream

3 tablespoons light-brown sugar
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
6 plums, halved and pitted
canola oil, for brushing
Lavender-Crème Fraîche Ice Cream, for serving

Heat a gas grill or grill pan at medium high.

Combine the brown sugar and butter in a small bowl. Brush plum halves all over with sugar-butter mixture.

Moisten a paper towel with a little oil and brush grates.

Grill plums, cut-side down, until slightly charred and softened, about 8 minutes. Serve 2 plum halves with a scoop of ice cream per person. Yield: 6 servings.

 

- Recipe courtesy of Joseph Erdos