Grilled Pineapple With Rum Reduction Sauce
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- Ready In:
- 17mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 pineapple, ripe
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup rum
directions
- Cut the pineapple into 8 wedges, remove core and rind with a knife.
- Place the wedges into a freezer bag with the brown sugar, seal the bag and massage brown sugar onto the wedges.
- Allow the pineapple to macerate in the brown sugar for anywhere from two hours to two days; refrigerate if macerating more than a few hours. The pineapple should release enough juice to dissolve the brown sugar completely.
- Heat the grill to medium heat.
- Add the vanilla and rum to the bag, seal and shake.
- Remove the pineapple from the bag and place it on the grill.
- When the pineapple becomes caramel colored on the bottom side, rotate it. Repeat for each of the 3 sides of each wedge, then remove from the grill.
- Pour the juice from the bag into a saucepan and reduce over medium heat to a thick syrup (be careful of flare-ups during the first minutes since there will be alcohol from the rum and vanilla extract).
- Serve the pineapple alongside a main dish or serve with ice cream and drizzle with the reduction sauce.
Reviews
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I've had this recipe in my cookbook forever, finally got around to making it. I was too impatient to wait long for the pineapple, so it only sat in the fridge for a couple of hours. DH apparently used the last of the rum without me knowing, so that didn't go in, I used orange juice instead and tossed a sliced banana in just long enough to heat through before serving over frozen vanilla yogurt. Absolutely delicious, and I can't wait to try it again following the directions! Thanks for posting!
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MMMMMMM GOOOOOOD! This was really good and really easy. Served it over vanilla ice cream and the textures and temperatures were an amazing combination. However, I do want to caution future cooks not to over-reduce the sauce. If you do, it will turn to carmel when you pour it on the ice cream and stick to your teeth. So reduce the sauce for just 10-15 minutes. If you want to see what will happen when it hits the ice cream, test a little dribble on an ice cube. Flavor-wise, this one can't be beat!!!
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