Grilled Pineapple

Grilled pineapples are one of our family’s favorite fruit to grill.  Brush on some honey and orange juice and you are on your way to a delicious healthy treat.

First start out with a ripe fresh pineapple.

When is a pineapple ripe?  See this video from The Produce Guy to learn when your pineapple is perfectly ripe.

Cut the top and bottom off the pineapple with a good knife, preferably a serrated knife.

Stand the pineapple up and slice off the outer layer trying to remove most of the eyes.

Cut the pineapple into slices about a half inch thick.  If you cut it too thin then your pineapple might break apart when cooking it on the grill.

You can use a cookie cutter to take out the core like I did or use a pineapple corer.

Mix together honey and orange juice in a small bowl.  Baste the pineapple slices on both sides with the honey mixture using a basting brushing.

Preheat a gas or charcoal grill on medium.  It is best to wipe some cooking oil with a cloth on the grates before grilling.  Grill the slices of pineapple on the grill for approximately 2 – 4 minutes each side until done with nice grill marks.

Serve and enjoy!

Here are other tasty ways to make Grilled Pineapples:

• Gina from skinnytaste.com uses honey, olive oil, lime juice, and cinnamon
• Centercutcook.com cuts the pineapple into spears and uses brown sugar and cinnamon
• Allrecipe.com spices it up by using hot pepper sauce, honey, butter and salt
• Ellie Krieger from Food Network uses butter, brown sugar, rum and light vanilla ice cream.  Yummy!

Here is what it took for one whole pineapple:

1 Ripe Pineapple

3 Tablespoons of Honey

1 Tablespoon of Orange Juice

Preheat the grill on medium.

Slice off both ends of the pineapple and the outer layer.  Cut the pineapple into slices about 1/2″ thick.  Core the pineapple with a cookie cutter or a pineapple corer.

Combine the honey and orange juice and baste the pineapple slices on both sides with a basting brush.

Place the pineapple slices right on the grill and grill both sides for 2 – 4 minutes until with nice grill marks.

Serve and enjoy.

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