Grilled Summer Fruits with Mascarpone and Vanilla

Served with: Pink Port. Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 2 figs, halved
• 2 apricots, halved
• 8 strawberries, halved
• 50g raspberries
• 50g blackberries
• 50g blueberries

For the sauce:

• 250g mascarpone
• 100ml double cream
• The seeds from a vanilla pod
• 4 tbsp icing sugar
• Juice of ½ a lemon
• 1 tbsp Demerara sugar

Preparation:

1. To make the sauce mix the mascarpone, cream, vanilla seeds, icing sugar and lemon juice together in a mixing bowl until smooth.
2. Pre heat the grill to high. Place the fruit in an oven-proof dish and dollop half the sauce over the top. Sprinkle over the sugar and grill for 10-12 minutes, or until the mascarpone has just started to colour. Serve immediately with the remaining cream.