Baked Pineapple Delight
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:28 pm
Baked Pineapple Delight
Simple and exquisite, Baked Pineapple Delight combines the tastes of fresh fruit, rum and custard to create a memorable finale to any meal. Serves eight and takes about 45 minutes to make - but you can do this ahead of time so it's properly chilled. Serve with Cappuccino for a memorable ending to a memorable evening!
Ingredients:
1 large or 2 medium sized pineapples
sugar to taste
3 tbsp rum
1/4 cup butter or margarine
Sauce:
2 cups half and half
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 egg yolks
2 tsp corn starch
1 tsp vanilla
Preparation:
Lay pineapple on its side and take a thick slice from one side. Do not include green top. Set this slice aside. Carefully scoop out fruit and cut into bite-sized pieces.
Mix pineapple pieces with sugar to taste. Flavor with rum. Put pineapple pieces back into shell, dot with butter and cover entire pineapple with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. While pineapple is baking, make sauce by stirring together half and half, salt, sugar, egg, egg yolks, cornstarch and vanilla. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth and slightly thickened. This will take about 10 minutes.
Chill until ready to serve. Serve pineapple warm with cold sauce on top and try not to blush when you get a standing ovation!
Simple and exquisite, Baked Pineapple Delight combines the tastes of fresh fruit, rum and custard to create a memorable finale to any meal. Serves eight and takes about 45 minutes to make - but you can do this ahead of time so it's properly chilled. Serve with Cappuccino for a memorable ending to a memorable evening!
Ingredients:
1 large or 2 medium sized pineapples
sugar to taste
3 tbsp rum
1/4 cup butter or margarine
Sauce:
2 cups half and half
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 egg yolks
2 tsp corn starch
1 tsp vanilla
Preparation:
Lay pineapple on its side and take a thick slice from one side. Do not include green top. Set this slice aside. Carefully scoop out fruit and cut into bite-sized pieces.
Mix pineapple pieces with sugar to taste. Flavor with rum. Put pineapple pieces back into shell, dot with butter and cover entire pineapple with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. While pineapple is baking, make sauce by stirring together half and half, salt, sugar, egg, egg yolks, cornstarch and vanilla. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth and slightly thickened. This will take about 10 minutes.
Chill until ready to serve. Serve pineapple warm with cold sauce on top and try not to blush when you get a standing ovation!