Merry Pineapples!

Festive Hospitality: The easy way to entertaining: Christmas, edited by Jackie Cunningham-Craig 1977 London

Spice Island punch

For 10-15 glasses mix together 750ml/30fl oz of fresh orange juice, 250ml/10fl oz of canned pineapple juice, the juice and pared rind of 1 lemon, ½ level tspn each of grated nutmeg and mixed spice and 6 cloves in a big jug. Strain, chill well, and ad 1 litre/40fl oz of ginger ale, putting crushed ice into individual glasses just before serving to your family and friends.

My mother-in-law, Joan, sipping the Spice Island Punch on her 

100th Christmas Eve!!!

The Australian Christmas Book: Decorations, Gift Ideas, Festive Food, Kay Fairfax 1994 Sydney

Christmas Plum Pudding Ice-Cream

Ice-cream: 1 cup white sugar; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 blsp cornflour; 2 cups hot milk; 100g/3 ½ oz dark chocolate; 2 cups thickened cream, whipped; 3 tsp vanilla essence

Filling: 2 cups mixed dried fruits, raisins, currants, sultanas and mixed peel; ½ cup chopped mixed glacé fruit, red and green cherries, apricots and pineapple; ¼ cup rum; ¼ cup slivered almonds, toasted; ½ cup fresh cream

Make the ice-cream: mix the sugar, cornflour and eggs in the top of a double-boiler. Heat the milk and slowly melt the chocolate into it. Slowly add this mixture to the egg mixture, stirring constantly. Stir over hot water until the mixture thickens. Strain and set aside to cool. When cool, fold in the whipped cream and vanilla essence and freeze according to your ice-cream machine’s instructions.

Make the filling: combine all the fruit, add the rum, and soak overnight

Mix together the fruits, almonds, cream and 1 litre/35 fl oz of the softened chocolate ice-cream

Pour the mixture into a freezer-proof, bowl shaped container and freeze until set

Immerse in hot water to loosen the ice-cream around the edges, and turn out onto a flat serving plate and decorate with holly

Ella and Rob helped.

No Bake Fruit Cake

http://unusualcoleslaw.blogspot.com.au/

Source: contributed by Shirley Rohrlach in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.33.

16 weetbix, 3/4 cup orange juice (I used pineapple juice instead), 2 tbspn jam, 2 cups mixed fruit (including dried pineapple), 1/2 cup nuts, 4 oz butter or margarine, 1 tspn cinnamon, 1/4 tspn nutmeg, 1 tspn vanilla, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tbspn cocoa.

Method: Combined crushed weetbix with orange juice and jam in large bowl, set aside. Prepare other ingredients. Combined all except butter or margarine and mix thoroughly, add melted butter, mix well and turn into tin lined with paper. Press down firm, leave overnight. Ice if desired, cut into small squares or fingers. Will keep for months in refrigerator.

Merry Christmas from Anne and Ann

Layered pineapple

Layered = diced pineapple, tapioca cooked in milk and raspberries,  

then topped with passionfruit and refrigerated. Delicious!

Pineapple and taro

https://www.food.com/recipe/taro-pineapple-sweet-potato-and-bacon-chips-455175

TARO, PINEAPPLE, SWEET POTATO AND BACON CHIPS

Recipe by Annacia

INGREDIENTS:

1lb taro root, peeled; 1 lb sweet potato, peeled; 6-8 fresh pineapple slices; 4-6 bacon, rashers; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon butter; 6-8 green onions, chopped; fresh ground pepper; sliced lemon and salt (to garnish)

DIRECTIONS:

Cut taro and sweet potato into 1/2" thick slices and steam or boil until tender but still firm.

Drain, spread to cool, then cut into chips about 1" x 1/2".

Cut pineapple slices into similar size and bacon into 1/2" wide strips (The gammon style bacon is best for this or get bacon ends from a good butcher shop).

Heat oil and butter in a heavy frypan and fry taro/sweet potato chips until golden and brown.

Remove, drain and place on absorbent towel then keep hot in oven at 200 deg. F. In the same pan saute pineapple.

Then fry bacon until crisp. In a bowl quickly combine the hot chips, pineapple and bacon and toss lightly with green onions.

Sprinkle with pepper, salt transfer to serving dish and garnish with lemon slices.

Serve immediately.

Pineapple with added Charcoal

Always ready to experiment with unusual ingredients I couldn't resist trying charcoal flour.

                      We cooked pancakes, waffles and muffins using a regular recipe with the addition of 2 tablespoons of charcoal flour in each.  

And pineapple of course! 

All delicious. Health benefits? I have no idea!

Pancakes, grilled pineapple triangles, blueberries, yoghurt  and a drizzle of golden syrup

Waffles, grilled pineapple triangles and more golden syrup

Muffins with pineapple and rhubarb jam mmmmm

Upside Down Pineapples

Thanks John for this delicious recipe spotted in the Weekend Australian, the cardamon is an inspired addition.

The Weekend Australian Magazine, 22 March 2014

Recipe from David Herbert http://davidherbertfood.com/

Pineapple and Cardamom Upside-Down Cake . . . the taste of the '70s

For the topping: 50g softened butter; 50g brown sugar; 6 pineapple rings; natural glace cherries, optional

For the cake: 125g softened butter; 125g caster sugar; 125g self-raising flour; 1 tspn baking powder; seeds from 3 cardamom pods, crushed; 2 large free-range eggs; 2 tblspn milk

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 20cm round cake tin. For topping, beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Spread over base and a quarter of the way up sides of tin, and arrange pineapple rings on top; place cherries (if using) inside pineapple rings. Place cake ingredients in a bowl and beat, using an electric beater, until combined (don’t overdo it). Spoon into tin, smoothing evenly over pineapple. Place cake tin on a baking tray, bake for 40-45 minutes, or until firm to touch. Remove and leave to stand for 5 minutes, turn out onto a plate.

I'm lucky to live in an area, Bandon Grove NSW, known for its fabulous cooks. Our neighbour, Patty, recently made some delicious individual pineapple upside down cakes, Anne.