Otherworldly Grilled Pineapple with Cinnamon Sugar Recipe Chandler84
- 1 Fresh Pineapple (firm yellow rind)
- 3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 Tbs Ground Cinnamon
- 2 Cups Coconut Milk (prepared or from a package)
- BBQ Skewers as required (thicker is better)
- 3 Dishes (1 for dipping, 1 for coating, 1 for carrying the whole mess to the BBQ)
- A Barbeque
- Soak your skewers in water for at least an hour before you begin prepping.
- With a sharp knife, remove the top and bottom of the pineapple and reserve them for presentation purposes.
- Stand the pineapple on its end.
- Working from the top of the pineapple to the bottom, remove the rind in long 1.5" to 2" strips.
- Try to get as many of the little eyes as you can.
- Youll never get them all on the first pass so finish removing most of the rind and come back later.
- Lay the pineapple on its side and remove as many of the remaining eyes as possible by cutting small wedges out of the flesh.
- The end result is a slippery, yellow, roughly cylindrical shape.
- Head out to your and fire it up.
- Medium heat.
- Again, place the pineapple on its end.
- In 4 long slices, separate the flesh of the pineapple from the core.
- The core should be a well-defined circle of different texture than the rest of the flesh.
- Keep your cuts roughly 1/4" away from the core and youll avoid most of its toughness.
- After each cut, rotate the pineapple 90 degrees and cut again.
- You should end up with 1 wide piece, 2 medium pieces and a comparatively skinny piece of fruit.
- Soak your skewers in water for at least an hour before you begin prepping.
- Head out to your and fire it up.
- Medium heat.
- Cube the pineapple.
- A little variation in size is fine and makes for a diversity of textures in the final dessert.
- 1" to 2" cubes make for about 11 skewers with 3 pieces each.
- Set up a basic coating station.
- Fill 1 dish with the coconut milk and 1 dish with a mixture of the cinnamon and sugar.
- Dip each piece of pineapple in the coconut milk, shake off the excess and then coat in cinnamon sugar.
- Skewer the pieces as you finish coating them.
- 2-3 pieces of pineapple per skewer is a good serving.
- Place skewers on grill and monitor dilligently, theres a lot of sugar in this recipe and it will burn quickly if left unattended.
- Grill and turn, exposing each side of each skewer to caramelize the sugars.
- This takes roughly 10-15 minutes.
- Serve as hot as possible with vanilla ice cream.
pineapple, sugar, cinnamon, coconut milk, skewers, coating, a barbeque
Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/otherworldly-grilled-pineapple-cinnamon-sugar-13582 (may not work)