Candied Pineapple

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Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1.2

    kg
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

  • About

Although this recipe takes an astonishingly long time (about two weeks) to prepare, the end result is golden-glazed, candied pineapple that is unlike any other candied fruit. The sweet taste of pineapple deepens and becomes concentrated by replacing the water content in the fruit with a reduced pineapple sugar syrup.

Ingredients

  • 1 pineapple
  • about 1 kg/ lb/5 cups</

Method

  1. Using a sharp knife, cut off the top and base of the pineapple. Stand the pineapple upright and, working in a circular motion to retain the shape of the pineapple, cut off the skin, starting at the top and finishing at the bottom of the fruit. You need to remove all of the sharp and spiny skin, without removing too much of the flesh. You may need to go back over the frui

Energy 4186kcal/17866kJ; Protein 7.4g; Carbohydrate 1105.6g, of which sugars 1105.6g; Fat 1.2g, of which saturates 0g; Cholesterol 0mg; Calcium 638mg; Fibre 7.2g; Sodium 72mg