Characteristic of Hawaii, pineapple is a tropical fruit much appreciated for its pleasant sweet taste and for its decidedly showy aesthetic. Not surprisingly, precisely for its beauty, pineapple occupies a place of honor in fruit compositions. , beading and embellishing the tables.And as you will have understood, this fruit will be the protagonist of today: we will see how to clean it and how to recognize ripe pineapples from those that are still unripe!
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 52 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
- 3 kg (3 medium) of pineapple
Materials Needed
- Sharp knife
- Food cutting board
- Steel pineapple slicer (optional)
- Peel vegetables
- Core lever
Preparation
Before proceeding with the cut
How to tell a ripe pineapple from an unripe one?- The color of the rind must be intense yellow and not tending to green (still unripe) or brown (too ripe)
- The leaves from the crown (tuft) must be easily detached by exerting a little pressure
There are several methods for preparing fresh pineapple.
- Method N ° 1
To cut the pineapple into slices, remove the top 1 cm from the crown (commonly called the tuft) and the lower base. Peel the pineapple from top to bottom, leaving the so-called "eyes" visible, which will then be removed with a digger, a knife or the tip of a vegetable peeler. With a oil remover, remove the woody heart (even if it is rich in active and nutrient ingredients) and cut the pineapple into slices of the desired thickness.
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It is possible to remove the peel more thoroughly, thus eliminating even the "eyes" with a single cut. In this way, however, you risk wasting a lot of precious pulp.- Method No. 2
To make the boat, cut the pineapple lengthwise, including the crown, and remove the base. So get two halves. Cut each half into two wedges. Engrave the woody heart with the knife (positioned horizontally), but without removing it completely. Divide the pulp from the peel and remove it: cut out small wedges and place them again along the peel of the pineapple, fitting the pieces alternately. If you do not want to make the boat, remove the tuft and the whole woody heart after cutting the pulp into quarters, thus obtaining triangles or smaller pieces.
- Method N ° 3
To empty a whole pineapple leaving the rind intact, you can also use the specific tool: in this way, it will be very easy to obtain regular slices, already deprived of the woody heart (Beware of pulp waste! If you want to use the specific tool , it is advisable to choose small pineapples so the waste will be minimal).
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
Now that you too have become skilled pineapple sculptors, you can delight in the preparation of wonderful fruit compositions. For this, I also recommend my recipe of fruit couscous served on a cup of "pineapple and the delicious sorbet of" non-alcoholic pineapple.Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
The pineapple is a fruit with an average calorific value, between the more energetic and the lighter ones. The caloric intake is mainly provided by simple carbohydrates and the fiber intake is of medium entity.
