How to Make Crushed Pineapple
Discover the step-by-step process for making crushed pineapple at home. Perfect for enhancing desserts, cocktails, and savory dishes with fresh tropical flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 large fresh pineapple or canned pineapple chunks or rings
- water
Instructions
Prep
- Scrub and wash the outside of the fresh pineapple under running cold water.
How to cut and core a fresh Pineapple
- Remove the top, trim off the bottom of the pineapple to create a flat and stable bottom. Place the fruit into an oversize bowl to catch any juice.
- Insert the pineapple corer over and centered on the core. Press down and start twisting the handle clockwise to cut into the pineapple. Twist until the corer comes out the bottom. Once you cut through the bottom twist the corer in the opposite direction and pull the fruit out of the peel.
Make the crushed pineapple
- Cut the pineapple rings into small chunks.
- Place the pineapple pieces and any juice into the bowl of a food processor or blender. Pulse until the pineapple pieces have been broken up and turned into small crushed pineapple pieces.
- Pour the crushed pineapple and juice into a container and refrigerate until needed.
- Makes 2 ½ cups of crushed pineapple.
Recipe Expert Tips
- Using a pineapple corer will remove almost all of the eyes and you won't have to worry about cutting them out by hand.
- If removing the peels with a knife instead of a corer you will need to cut out any of the "eyes" by hand.
- Core over a rimmed baking sheet or a bowl so you can catch and save all the pineapple juice.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25cupCalories: 45kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 0.5gFat: 0.1gSaturated Fat: 0.01gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.04gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 99mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 52IUVitamin C: 43mgCalcium: 12mgIron: 0.3mg
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