Ann's savoury pineapple dish

“Simply the Best” Annabelle White and Kathy Paterson 1999 New Zealand

Hot Pineapple Dish

Serves 6 as an accompaniment to bbq pork sausages or grilled chicken

125g butter; 5 slices toasted bread; 432g can crushed pineapple; ½ cup sugar; 2 tblsp flour; pinch of salt; 2 eggs

Melt the butter in a large bowl and reserve. Remove the crusts from the bread and cut into cubes about 2.5cm square. Add the bread cubes to the melted butter, turn gently and coat with butter.

Place the crushed pineapple, sugar, flour and salt in another bowl. Beat the eggs lightly and add to the pineapple mixture. Place the pineapple mix in a buttered 18-20cm ovenproof gratin dish. Spread the buttered bread cubes on top of the mix and bake at 180°C 30-40 minutes.

Pineapple Curd Tart

Thanks for these photos and recipe Marie R! It looks delicious!

https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/recipes/pineapple-curd-tart

Ingredients for 10 servings

250g gingernut biscuits, broken; 250g butter, chopped; 1/3 cup moist coconut flakes; 2 free range eggs; 3  egg yolks; 1 1/2 cups caster sugar 1 and 1 half cups caster sugar; 2 tbs cornflour; 3/4 cup pineapple juice; 1 1/3 cups thickened cream; 1/2 pineapple, cut in half, sliced; 2/3 cup sour cream

Method

Place biscuits and 2 tbs coconut in a food processor. Process until crushed. Melt 125g butter, and add to biscuits. Process until combined. Press mixture over base and side of a 11x33cm (base) loose-based rectangular fluted tart pan. Chill for 15 minutes.

Place remaining butter, eggs, egg yolks and 3/4 cup sugar in a large heatproof bowl. Whisk cornflour with 1/2 cup pineapple juice. Add to butter mixture. Place the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Cook, whisking, for 10-15 minutes or until thickened and curd coats the back of a spoon. Spoon curd into biscuit shell. Smooth. Chill for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, place remaining sugar in a large non-stick frying pan with remaining juice. Stir over low heat for 2 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Add pineapple. Increase heat. Boil for 5 minutes or until golden. Cool. Transfer pineapple to a sheet of baking paper.

Using an electric mixer, beat cream and sour cream in a large bowl until stiff peaks start to form. Toast remaining coconut. Serve tart topped with cream, caramelised pineapple, toasted coconut and caramel syrup.

Refreshing pineapple

Nothing is as refreshing as a homemade fruit salad, thanks for this photo Emily W!

And thanks for this lovely recipe Robyn N.

https://www.lovemysalad.com/recipes/cucumberpineapple-juice-splash-coconut-milk

Cucumber/pineapple juice with a splash of coconut milk

Ingredients:

2 cucumbers; 300 g pineapple; 2 celery sticks; 2 cm ginger, peeled; 1 green apple; 100 ml coconut milk

Preparation:

Use the juicer to squeeze the cucumbers, pineapple, celery sticks, ginger and green apple.

Pour into glasses. Then add a splash of coconut milk to each glass and stir.

Who could say no to pineapple flavoured ice cream?

A delicious Sunset Cooler at sensational Roy's on the water at Seattle          

- pineapple, orange, strawberry and coconut mmmmm 

   

So many choices!

Cucumber and pineapple smoothie

https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/pineapple-apricot-lime-punch/1e894a21-6eb0-49c6-9a71-bd36d576ce34

Pineapple, apricot and lime punch

2 cups pineapple juice; 1 1/2 cups apricot juice; 1 cup ginger beer; 1 cup soda water; 1/4 cup lime juice; crushed ice, to serve; 2 limes, thinly sliced

Place the pineapple juice, apricot juice, ginger beer, soda water and lime juice in a large mixing jug and stir to combine. Pour into a serving jug and add the ice and lime slices. Serve immediately.

Pineapple and bacon bites

Thanks to Annette N for reminding me about this old favourite -  pineapple pieces wrapped in bacon – cooked in an air fryer, basted with a melted butter brown sugar mix mmm, Anne

Adapted from https://sweetteaandsprinkles.com/air-fryer-bacon-wrappedpineapples/?fbclid=IwAR0nyG1x68A6pGqxNOcKHp7ONr1YLA0uZOJUI_C2am83u27iq34JXk-o8JQ