ROASTED GOLDEN PINEAPPLE WITH SPICED WHIPPED CREAM

Roasted Golden Pineapple with Spiced Whipped Cream image

Provided by Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 45m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 golden pineapple-sliced into 1/4-inch slices
1 cup sugar
1 cup sweet wine (recommended: Gervertztraminer, mascato, rum)
1 vanilla bean-scraped
3 mint leaves
2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup toasted coconut flakes
1 9-by-9 inch baking pan
Aluminum foil

Steps:

In a stainless steel mixing bowl, combine pineapple slices, sugar, wine, vanilla bean and mint leaves. Place into baking pan and cover with foil. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. Fruit should be slightly caramelized to the bottom of the baking pan and there should be fragrant syrup through out.
Whip cream to soft peaks. Add 1/4 cup sugar and spices. Continue whipping to stiff peak.
Serve slice of pineapple with syrup and dollop of cream. Sprinkle with toasted coconut.