Pineapple Dessert Recipe With Caramel
Ingredients
- 1 ripe pineapple
- 4 tbsp caster sugar, plus a little extra for sprinkling
- 1 vanilla pod, seeds removed
- Pinch of Chinese five-spice powder
- 20g butter, cut in half
- 150ml double cream
Cooking instructions
SERVES 2
- First prepare the pineapple. Using a serrated knife, cut off the top and base, then cut the pineapple into 8 long wedges. Cut along the inside edge of the wedges to remove the core. Slice between the flesh and the skin as you would a piece of melon but leave the last 2cm of skin attached.
- Heat a griddle pan. Place the pineapple wedges in the hot pan, pushing the fruit against the griddle bars to help it colour. Cook for 2 minutes on each side until marked. Sprinkle over a little caster sugar 1 minute before the end of cooking to glaze the fruit.
- To make the caramel, tip the 4 tablespoons of caster sugar, the vanilla seeds and five-spice powder into a heavy-based frying pan and cook over a medium heat for 3–4 minutes until the sugar has dissolved and is turning a dark golden brown. Remove from the heat, add the butter and 2 tablespoons of the cream. Shake the pan to melt the butter, whisk to combine, then add the remaining cream.
- To serve, drizzle the caramel sauce over the pineapple wedges and serve immediately.
HOW TO GRIDDLE
Whenever you use a griddle pan, always press down hard what you are cooking and hold it there for a few seconds. This will help achieve those characteristic scorch lines, which not only look attractive but mean more flavour.