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Perfect Pineapple

What do you do when life hands you pineapples...........I bought 4 pineapples at the market the other day and the next day my mom also arrived with 2.Now, in summer this would have been great, but I certainly can only eat so much fresh pineapple when all your body is craving is warm comforting dishes. So what do you do.... I made pineapple jam, pineapple smoothies and dried pineapple to name but a few. I had a bit of jam left..too little to fill a glass jar, so I made this dessert up in now time at all.
What you need is:


 Pineapple Cheesecake

250 ml cream whipped
3 heaped Tbs pineapple jam, or strawberry
1 leaf gelatin, softened in cold water and then dissolved in hot water.
Biscuit base - use one that you are familiar with. I only made a single little serving, so I used one of the crunchies that I made 2 days ago.

Fold the jam and dissolved gelatine into cream. Pour onto biscuit base and voila!!!!!! For the individual serving, I used a stacking ring, lined it with foil and then just layered the jam and the cream.
For the dried pineapple rings:
Slice pineapple very thinly and dry at 4oC for at least 4-5 hours.

We are having a lovely rainy day in Cape Town, which is not ideal for making spun sugar as you can see.......

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27 comments:

We Are Never Full said...

wow, nina! i'm way impressed with this one. it's gorgeous and tempting. i wish i could make sweets like this. YUM. spun sugar!? you thought of everything!

Anonymous said...

That is a nice thought for Mothersday' As I said to Wilana so near and yet so far

That Girl said...

I really love the form of your dishes - I need to pick up some stacking rings so I can make equally beautiful dishes.

RecipeGirl said...

You really need to be opening some sort of bakery, my dear! Or preparing desserts for restaurants. They're simply beautiful!

diva@theSugarBar said...

that looks gorgeous!! wow.

Peter M said...

Nina, aren't you daring...spraying hot sugar all over to get that dramatic topping on your dessert.

Have a wonderful Mother's Day.

Peter G said...

With so many pineapples at hand you certainly put them to great use. I agree with one of the previous commentators. You should open your own pastry shop with all these stunning creations.

Cynthia said...

Nina! This is high art!

giz said...

What a beautiful work of art. I would take that picure, mount it and hang it in the kitchen - it's so different and just gorgeous and I didn't even get to the food appeal.

cook eat FRET said...

absolutely beautiful... and i'll bet it was totally delicious

but just one serving???

Maryann said...

Hi sweety! Did you find your way to DMBLGIT? I hope so.
ps. Your blog is making me fat.

Chef Erik said...

Oh yea! Pineapple is my favorite. I would make this for a nice summer BBQ, very nice.

glamah16 said...

You must be a proffesional. This is spectacular.I want your pineapple jam recipe.

aforkfulofspaghetti said...

I have to admit that I'm not a big fan of pineapple (mainly a texture thing), but if I was ever going to eat it, this would be my preferred way! Beautifully done, and the spun sugar still looks effective, even if it didn't quite hold as you might have liked!

noble pig said...

Oh my, how creative and lovely this is!

Sylvie said...

Oh my, that picture has me drooling all over my keyboard.

bleeding espresso said...

This looks beautiful *and* delicious :)

farida said...

this looks stunning! what a great recipe. and simple too!

I just awarded you for the art you create on your blog! Check out my blog for details.

Marianna said...

wooow!! this looks stunning!! plus I LOVE pinneaples, and the way it is used here in your dessert is fantastic! such great presentation and so inviting! love it!

Nina's Kitchen (Nina Timm) said...

we are never full - I do not like complicated dishes, but I do like to make simple dishes looks great. Glad you liked it.

anonymous - Have you ever heard of a 71 year old blogger. Wow, I am so impressed, mom. I'm sure you will show sis a thing or two.

that girl = If you cannot find stacking rings, you can ask the man at the hardware store to cut some plastic plumbing pipe for you (un-used of course). James Martin idea....

recipe girl - I often wonder if I have what it takes...

diva@thesugar bar - thanks for the visit and the comment, I di appreciate.

peter m - I was left to do what I love on Mother's Day - cooking. I invite a couple of Mothers and had a great time.

peter g - I forgot to say, that I also made pineapple beer - it was delicious...

cynthia - I try, sometimes I am happy, sometimes I'm not.

giz - you make me blush.....I get these inspirations and then comes the urge to create something....and then it happens so fast that I rush things. With the results not always the same as the picture I had in my mind...this time it worked.

cook eat fret - sadly yes, but there is always a next time.

maryann - I did indeed and will enter later today.

glamah - wit jam, it is easy to remember that the fruit(peeled, pitted and sliced) must be the the same weight as the sugar you will add. So what I did was, to cook the pineapple chunks first for about 30 minutes in water. Then scoop out the pineapple and add the sugar to the water. Remember you want a syrup at the end so add enough water. When sugar has dissolved, add fruit and cook jam on low haet until desires consistency. That's it!

aforkfullofspagetti - my children are not keen on pineapple either so for them, I make smoothies.

noble pig - glad you liked it. Thx for stopping by.

sylvie - make it yourself, it is so simple, you'll be amazed.


bleeding espresso - thank you and your visits are a pleasant treat.

farida - thank you big time and I humbled by this. Food styling does not come easy for me, so this is very encouraging for me.

marianna - it is the easiest pud to put together, you'll love it too.

Sid Khullar said...

Thanks for visiting my blog.
How did you make that lovely mesh??

glamah16 said...

Thanks Nina!

Nina's Kitchen (Nina Timm) said...

sis khullar - spun sugar sadly is getting the better of me.

glamah - only a pleasure

nicisme said...

That's your spun sugar on a bad day? Mine is blobs of gloop... on a good day!!

Jeanne said...

This somnehow reminds me of the carnation milk, orange jelly and orange zest pudding my mom used to make... Love the idea of using a crunchie as the biscuit base!

taste memory said...

that looks like heaven to bite into! I thought your spun sugar came out lovely ~ the whole thing looks to pretty to eat....but I could do quite a bit of damage in know time!

Nina's Kitchen (Nina Timm) said...

nicisme - you know, I think I try to hard, my husband got it right the first day....

jeanne - spot on, before this, that was my faorite tart.

taste memory - it sure was....

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