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Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon thyme leaves, plus small sprigs for garnish
- 2 bottles, 12 ounces each, ginger beer or all-natural ginger soda
- 1 whole pineapple, peeled, eyes removed, and sliced into 8 even slices
- Vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Kosher salt
Directions
Scatter the thyme leaves among the compartments of 2 large ice cube trays. Fill the trays with ginger beer and freeze at least 6 hours and preferably overnight.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Put the pineapple slices on a nonstick baking sheet. Brush both sides very lightly with vegetable oil and sprinkle them evenly with the sugar; sprinkle very lightly with salt as well. Roast in the oven for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and flip the slices.
Put in the oven and continue roasting until they are golden, about 10 minutes more. Remove from oven and cool slightly in the pan.
Transfer the ginger beer ice cubes to a food processor and pulse until broken down and fluffy. Transfer to a small cake pan or baking dish.
To serve, put 2 slices of warm pineapple on each dessert plate; top with a scoop of ginger ice and garnish with a small sprig of thyme.
Note: If not using the ginger ice immediately, refreeze. To loosen it, scrape with a heavy fork until fluffy. Ginger beer is very spicy and the spiciness is enhanced when frozen. For milder ice, use natural ginger ale or ginger soda.
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By brushmallet
san francisco
on July 14, 2011
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Too sweet for my family-tasted like canned pineapple. I don't think this dessert is worthy for the energy for 30 mininutes grilling.
By k8*$cat
on July 04, 2011
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I was really excited to try this, but didn't have any ginger beer. I just played with the technique instead. I used the thyme as described, used Sprite for the liquid, and froze 2 trays about 24 hours. Because of the reviews and my changes, I also made a ginger-vanilla sugar (food processor using sugar, crystallized ginger and vanilla extract. Next day I buzzed up cubes enough to taste the mixture. I liked the thyme balance Then gradually added the flavored sugar to taste. Then, I put that into a container and back into the freezer. My pineapple wasn't very sweet on its own, so when I roasted it with a little brn sugar. I let the pineapple sit on the warm stove thru supper. When I served it the pineapple was warm but not hot, the ice held up, the flavors were great. Huge success. Nothing left! So, don't ignore this recipe, just play with it.
By kralc_lyrrad
Springfield, MO
on May 16, 2011
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actually, the ginger beer ice doesn't hold up on the pineapple. claire robinson must have the most incredible freezer to get those cubes to freeze like that! but i got lucky and got a beautifully ripe pineapple. it roasted gorgeously! it deserved a scoop of vanilla ice cream and next time, that's what it's going to get. with a little candied ginger or freshly grated lemon zest.
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