Hey Amy!

My twitter friend @themangreggie has been grilling a lot of fruits lately including pears, peaches and nectarines.  Grilling is a wonderful way to bring fruits into the backyard cookout.  He asked if I had any other suggestions.  Boy do I!  One of my favorite fruits, the pineapple, is best served hot off the grill.

Ingredients:

1 pineapple
3 Tbsp. dark rum
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. ground ginger
4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted

Preheat the BBQ.  Using a sharp knife, cut off the crown of the pineapple, then cut the fruit into slightly less than one inch slices.  Cut away the peel from each slice and flick out the eyes with the tip of the knife.  Stamp out the cores with an apple corer or small cookie cutter.

Mix the rum, sugar, ginger and butter together in a measuring cup, or bowl with a spout, stirring until sugar has dissolved.  Brush the rings with the rum mixture.

Cook the pineapple over hot coals for 3-4 minutes on each side.  Serve immediately with remaining rum mixture.

Heaven!  I love to put one of these slices on top a healthy scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.  It’s really that good.

xo–me

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