Got a Pineapple...

[DATsBBQ]

Was in Costco earlier this week. They were selling pineapples for $2.99 ea. Looked kind of cool so I bought one thinking I could put it in the center of the table and smell tropical ombience.

Well this guy don't smell. I've bought a whole one before, but lots of his/er kin in cans. So what can I do with it?

[OSD]

Grill it. It's great grilled with chicken or pork. I think a couple people posted a recipe for the glaze. I do mine real simple, some brown sugar with a bit of cinnamon and maybe a touch of honey.

[TX Sandman]

Grill 'er up! My family loves grilled pineapple, and I have a glaze that everyone who's tried it loves. It's kind of a homemade orange caramel.

Please note: the recipe calls for skewers, but I've done rings with great results. Just cut the pineapple into disks after peeling and then remove the core with a shot glass, melon baller, or (careful) knife use.

This recipe is from pg 288 of _Weber's Real Grilling_. I'll use {brackets} to add any comments in the recipe. The space separates the glaze recipe from the directions for grilling the pineapple.

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Pineappe Skewers with Brown Butter and Orange Juice Glaze

4 tbsp unsalted butter
1/3 cup light brown sugar, firm packed
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 tsp kosher salt {usually I use a little less}
1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice {or lime juice}
1/2 ripe pineapple {I use the whole thing}

1. In a medium skillet over high heat, melt the butter and cook until it begins to brown. {Please note: the butter will burn very quickly if you're not careful. Usually, once it browns, I remove it from the heat to stop the cooking.}
2. Add the brown sugar and stir until it disolves. {Being off the heat, the sugar doesn't disolve. The mix turn out kinda grainy.}
3. Add the orange juice carefully, as it will bubble up when it hits the hot syrup. {The sugar disolves in the juice, so things still work out.}
4. Stir until the mixture is smooth. {Here's where I add it back to the heat.}
5. Season with the salt, pepper, and cloves.
6. Cook until the mixture turns syrupy.
7. Remove the skillet from the heat, add the lemon juice, stir well, and pour the glaze into a medium bowl to cool.

8. Remove the top, bottom, and peel from the pineapple.
9. Cut the pineapple into quarters and remove the core.
10. Cut each quarter in half and then into 1-inch pieces.
11. Add the pineapple pieces to the bowl of glaze and gently toss to coat.
12. Thread onto skewers and grill over direct medium heat until golden brown all over, 6-10 minutes, turning occasionally. Serve warm

I'll brush the glaze over the grilling pineapple, and serve any remaining glaze as a dipping sauce. For a special treat, drizzle the glaze over scoops of vanilla ice cream and serve with the grilled fruit.

[bowhnter]

You can cut the top off and scoop out the insides and make one of those tropical drinks and make a face on the pineapple...take pics!

[nascarchuck]

Ive done the rings that Rob posted. They were good! Wife loves em and throws a fit if I dont make em with grilled chicken...

[copkid]

They were showing this recipe this morning on the 'Early Show'. Looked pretty good to me!

: Make them the night before, in a beverage jar. Cowie suggests one made with vodka, fresh ginger, fresh lemon grass, jalapeno, pineapple. It's placed in the beverage jar for 8-24 hours. Once infused, you add the mixture over ice in a shaker, shake, and pour into a martini glass.

Recipe:

2 gallons of vodka
3 jalepenos sliced
4-5 inch piece of fresh ginger, thinly sliced
2 sticks of lemon grass sliced
1 whole pineapple, 1/4 slices

Put all ingredients into a beverage server and allow to infuse 8-24 hours

Fill cocktail shaker with ice and add beverage, shake and pour into a martini glass.

Garnish with slice of lemon grass and a wheel of jalepeno.

[TX Sandman]

speaking of infusing and spirits, I've soaked pineapple in spiced rum overnight. Delicious grilled, or (hic) plain.

[bowhnter]

speaking of infusing and spirits, I've soaked pineapple in spiced rum overnight. Delicious grilled, or (hic) plain.

Makes me wanna go buy a pineapple

[copkid]

Maybe I better say that the recipe I posted was for a cocktail party!

[honu41]

Happy Aloha Friday y'all,

Lemme put my .02 on halakahiki (pineapple). Not really a recipe of cooking the fruit but on how it is best prepped for eating and cooking.

After peeling and removing all "eyes" we like to cut our pineapple into spears, top to bottom. The fruit is sweeter at the lower end than at the top therefore each spear will be "equal" in quality (juiciness and sweetness). And spears can be grilled, glazed or infused in the same manner as rings.

My wife and I worked in the same pineapple cannery during the summers of high school. It was years before we met in college in Los Angeles.
She worked on the packing line. They packed according to which part of the fruit the slices came from. The bottom 3 slices were the #1's and were packed accordingly. Some of the next slices were packed as #2's or made into chunks and the remainder went to the juicing department.

As far as the fruit not having its characteristic aroma, that might have something to do with the growing location and conditions. Sadly the pineapple industry is all but gone with most of the fresh fruit remaining in the islands. The fruits we see in the markets come from Central or South America.

Smelling the stem end was one of the ways to determine how sweet the fruit would be.

Have a geat weekend...

aloha no,

[bowhnter]

Maybe I better say that the recipe I posted was for a cocktail party!

What do you mean? 2 gallons of vodka isn't for one?

[copkid]

Maybe I better say that the recipe I posted was for a cocktail party!

What do you mean? 2 gallons of vodka isn't for one?

I wonder how many bottles it would take to make two gallons of vodka?!

[SteerCrazy]

that's some interesting information Honu! Thanks for the tips

[DATsBBQ]

OK, looks like a grilling situation to, spear style. Suppose to be pushing 70* here tomorrow so the weather should cooperate. Thanks everyone for the replies

[JamesB]

I wonder how many bottles it would take to make two gallons of vodka?!

I think it would take about 2 1 gallon bottles!

James.