Grilled pineapple in a different way - fried with a dessert sauce of mint, honey, cherry beer and served with edible ice cream.
It is recommended to grill the pineapple with the lid closed, but with a slight adjustment to the recipe*, it can also be grilled on an open grill.
For 4 servings you will need:
- 1 pineapple
- 150 ml of water
- 50 g dessert sauce (recipe below)
- Edible ice cream (according to taste)
It is recommended to prepare the sauce in advance. He will need:
- 200 g of honey
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 star anise
- 2 cardamoms
- 1 l of water
- 500 ml of cherry beer
- A handful of fresh mint
Preparing the dessert sauce: melt honey, mix with chopped herbs, spices, dilute with water and cherry beer. Allow to cool and then stir in the mint. Drain through a sieve. Store in a jar in the refrigerator.
Preparing the dessert:
- Mix the water with the dessert sauce. Do not cut the pineapple, just dig a few deeper holes in the bottom.
- Keep the pineapple in a plastic bag until you inject the dessert sauce into the pineapple. Inject the sauce and bake the pineapple for about an hour.
- Then cut the grilled pineapple in half and cut into 1 cm strips. Serve with ice cream.
*Tip: if you are going to grill the pineapple, first cut it into strips, add the sauce and only then grill it.