Caramelized Fruit Platter

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 5 large navel oranges
• 1 pineapple, peeled,cored,and sliced into 1/4 inch thick rounds
• 1 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 from oranges, remove 3 strips peel, 3" by 3/4" each.
• 2 cut strips lengthwise into very thin slivers.
• 3 cut remaining peel and pitch from oranges.
• 4 slice oranges into 1/4" thick rounds.
• 5 arrange orange and pineapple slices, overlapping slightly, on deep platter.
• 6 sprinkle with orange peel; set aside.
• 7 in 10" skillet, cook sugar over medium heat about 10 minutes; swirling sugar in skillet when sugar begins to melt.
• 8 continue cooking and swirling until sugar melts completely and becomes deep amber in color.
• 9 remove skillet from heat.
• 10 drizzle carmelized sugar over fruit.
• 11 serve immediately for a crunchy candylike topping, or cover and refrigerate until carmel melts, about 2 hours, or until ready to serve.