Pineapple Prize

Name: Pineapple Prize
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 1 oz (25 g) icing sugar, sifted; ½ pint (300 ml) double cream; 12 oz (350 g) black grapes; 8 oz (225 g) demerara sugar; 2 tablespoons (2 x 15 ml spoon) brandy; 1 medium-size pineapple; juice of 2 lemons, strained; ½ pint (300 ml) water

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Sweet Dreams

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1985

About

Cooking fresh pineapple brings out a wonderfully intense flavour. Here the syrupy pineapple pieces are wrapped in brandied cream and topped with black grapes.

Ingredients

1 medium-size pineapple
juice of 2 lemons, strained
½ pint (

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Twist the leaves off the pineapple. Cut it across in rings and then cut the peel off. Cut the rings into small pieces, discarding the hard core. Put the pineapple pieces into a saucepan with the juice of 1 lemon and the water. Bring to the boil, cover the pan and simmer for 20 minutes. Then add the demerara sugar and the juice of the second lemon. Bring to the boil again in the uncovered pan an