Fall
by: deensie
March19,2015
4.7
3 Ratings
- Serves 4
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Author Notes
This is my favorite quick dessert. It always impresses, and I can either make it at home or grab a few ingredients on my way to a friend's house for dinner and pop it in the oven while we relax and enjoy a meal and company. Because the pineapple slowly braises with sugar and spices in the oven, the cook time is forgiving, leaving you to enjoy friendship and a co*cktail without having to worry over baking. It can be served with scoops of your favorite ice cream, a dollop of Greek yogurt, or some good old-fashioned whipped cream. —deensie
Test Kitchen Notes
WHO: Deensie is a brand new member of Food52—with a killer recipe out of the gate.
WHAT: A simple, batchable dessert for summer entertaining and lazy weeknights alike.
HOW: Peel and quarter a pineapple, then braise it for two hours, topped with brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and orange zest. Waste no time spooning it over vanilla ice cream.
WHY WE LOVE IT: We often fall into habitual ways of eating our favorite summer produce—berries go into pie, pineapple is served raw, and strawberries get a dollop of whipped cream. This recipe breaks the mold and shows us just how wonderful a sweet, warm pineapple can be. —The Editors
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What You'll Need
Ingredients
- 1 pineapple
- 1/2 cupbrown sugar
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- 1 orange
- 4 tablespoonsbutter
Directions
- Preheat oven to 300° F. Trim the pineapple from its skin and cut it into quarters, length-wise, from the top to bottom. Core the pineapple and lay each quarter down on its cut belly in a 8- by 12-inch baking dish.
- Sprinkle the top of each quarter evenly with the brown sugar and lay a stick of cinnamon over each half.
- Use a vegetable peeler to zest strips of orange over the pineapple. Juice the orange, then pour the juice over the pineapple.
- Cut the butter into small pieces and dot the top of each pineapple quarter with roughly 1 tablespoon. Cover the baking dish with foil and cut 6 vents into the foil. Bake for approximately 2 hours (or longer, the pineapple is very forgiving!).
- After two hours, remove the pineapple from the oven. Discard the cinnamon sticks and orange peel. Transfer the hot pineapple to a cutting board and, using a fork to brace it, cut it into 1-inch cubes. Place the cut pineapple back into the baking dish and stir it in the braising sauce. Serve the braised pineapple and its juices with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, a dollop of Greek yogurt, or some good old-fashioned whipped cream.
Tags:
- Fruit
- Pineapple
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall
- Winter
- Dessert
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5 Reviews
asbrink April 29, 2019
This seemed like a brilliant way to make my canned pineapple chunks more interesting for the sake of pantry cleanout. I used about 1.5 20oz cans and just braised it in the juice from the cans, with the same amount of butter and sugar and one huge cinnamon stick. It was a LOT of juice and 2 hours at 300 degrees covered just created more juice from the fruit itself. To cook this down, I took off the foil and braised it uncovered at 350 degrees for another hourish until the juice had reduced down. The pineapple on top browned a bit but was super resilient--it didn't dry out at all under direct heat. If I did this again (when I do it again), I would just start it at 350 degrees uncovered to begin with to speed it up.
But the pineapple turned out DELICIOUSLY--it lost most of its fibrous texture and absorbed all the buttery, cinnamony juices. I served it warm in a puddle of hot walnut praline sauce a la Deb Perelman @ Smitten Kitchen, topped with a cold scoop of whipped Greek yogurt a la Stella Parks @ Serious Eats.
rmandell September 15, 2017
I didn't have two hours so I put this in the microwave for 20 minutes. It turned out great. I sliced the pineapple into rings and put it in a glass dish with all the other ingredients listed. (I didn't have orange juice, so I substituted pineapple juice.) It turned out great.
Brie February 16, 2016
Technically this is not a braise...the pineapple is not cooked with liquid.
KathyS January 25, 2016
So easy, delicious, and healthy. YUM!
Stef_art July 15, 2015
Very good - I tried it last nite. Instead of the orange juice I used a mix of water and rum and instead of the cinnamon a mix of warm spices. My suggestion is to peel the pineapple before cooking. excellent easy dessert. stefano
