Peeled and Sliced Pineapple
They can be daunting to tackle, but it's quite easy to learn how to cut a pineapple. This tutorial will teach you how to peel, core and cut pineapple rings and pieces.
Servings: 4
Calories: 93kcal
Ingredients
- 1 approximately (3 pound) pineapple
Instructions
- On a clean, dry cutting board, place the pineapple on its side. Use a Chef’s knife to cut about ½ to 1 inch off of the top and bottom.
- Stand the pineapple upright on the bottom base you’ve just created. Then to remove the skin, cut, moving your knife downwards into the fruit, just inside the skin. You’ll curve your knife slightly to follow the shape of the pineapple. Go around until the pineapple until you’ve removed all of the skin.
- Remove the “eyes” — these are the remaining spots of skin on the surface of the pineapple. Rather than removing each one, one at a time, use a Paring knife to make diagonal cuts, following the line of the eyes. Then do this on the opposite side of them, making a "V" shaped space. (If you had cut all of these off when you removed the skin, you would have lost a lot of the pineapple. Using this method, you’ll get the maximum amount of fruit possible.)
- Cut the pineapple into slices. Then use a paring knife, or if you have it, a circle cutter, to remove the hard center core. (Sometimes it's not too tough, but if it is, you'll want to remove it.)
Notes
Calorie count is only an estimate.
Nutrition
Calories: 93kcal