ROASTED PINEAPPLE

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VEGETARIAN ROASTED PINEAPPLE

 

1 ripe medium pineapple

1/2 cup sugar

2 teaspoons corn syrup

1/2 vanilla bean, split and scraped

1 cup pineapple juice.

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Trim pineapple, and slice into 8 circles about

1/3 inch thick. Using a sharp one-inch-diameter cutter or sharp knife, cut a

circle out of the center of each.

Heat a sauté pan large enough to hold half the rings in a single layer until

it is medium hot. Add 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon corn syrup and half the

vanilla bean, and heat, stirring, until sugar becomes a medium caramel

color.

Add half the pineapple slices and half the juice, and stir to melt sugar.

Place pan in oven, and roast about 15 to 18 minutes, until pineapple becomes

a rich golden color. Repeat with remaining pineapple.

Serve plain or with scoops of pineapple sorbet.

Makes 4 servings.