Showing posts with label pineapple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pineapple. Show all posts

Friday, April 26, 2013

Pineapple-Apple Mint Juice



Ingredients
Pineapple: ½ of 1 pine apple
Apple: 3
Mint leaves: 5
Sugar: ¼ cup (or as per the sweetness of the fruits using)
Lemon: 2
Method Of Preparation
Peel pineapple and chop into pieces.
In a juice extractor add pineapple pieces, apple chopped (I dint peel apple) and mint leaves. Add in sugar too.
Blend it well if needed add some chilled water so as to extract the full juice from it.
Take out the juice from the extractor and add lemon juice to it.
If needed strain it again. Add some chilled water again to get the right consistency.
Serve chilled.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Pineapple Pastry



Ingredients
Egg: 3
Sugar: ¾ cup (as the frosting is done I added less sugar, U can add more if needed)
Butter: ½ cup/ refined oil: ½ cup
Plain Flour: 1 cup
Vanila essence: 1tsp
Salt: a pinch
Baking powder: 1tsp
Milk: ¼ cup
Icing
Whip cream: 2 sachets
Cold milk: ½ cup (or as instructed on the whipped cream pack)
Pineapple essence: 2drops
Pine apple jam: as needed
Pine apple chunks/small pieces: as needed
Green grapes: as needed (optional)
This cake i made for my son he is so craze of pick up

Method Of Preparation
Separate the egg whites and yolks. Keep aside.
Sift plain flour and baking powder. Keep aside.
Beat the egg whites till stiff peak forms. Keep aside.
In a bowl add butter and sugar and beat well till you get a creamy texture. Then add in salt, milk and vanilla essence to it.
Again beat the mixture. Then fold in the plain flour-baking powder mix.
Mix it well so that there are no lumps.
Then slowly fold in the beaten egg white without deflating the mixture.
Transfer the cake mix to the greased loaf pan or square baking tray.
Preheat the oven and bake the cake at 1700C to about 40-50minutes or till the cake test gets done.
Cool the cake completely before slicing and icing the cake.
Beat the whip cream by adding cold milk and pineapple essence.
Beat till stiff peak forms.
Slice the cake into rectangle pieces. Cut each piece into two.
Apply jam on the each slice add the whip cream on it and spread some pineapple chunks and close it with the other piece.
Then apply the whip cream all over the cake slice and decorate as per your desire and top with pine apple pieces and grapes.
Serve chilled.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Pineapple Jam



Ingredients
Pineapple chopped: 4cups
Sugar: 1 ¾ cups (check and add more sugar if needed)
Lemon Juice: 3tbsp
Clove Powder: ¼ tsp
Method of Preparation
Place the chopped pine apple pieces in a pressure cooker add some water. Wait for 3 whistles.
Switch off the flame and open when pressure releases.
Open the lid and mash well with the back of the lid
Now add sugar and clove powder.
Keep in medium flame, stir occasionally.
When it starts thickening, continue stirring and add lemon juice.
When it thickens and gets the consistency of jam. (To check the consistency, take the cold saucer out of the freezer, put a little jam on it, and put it back in to cool for a minute. If it wrinkles when you push it with your finger, then it's done.)
Delicious jam is ready



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Friday, March 9, 2012

Pineapple Pudding



Ingredients
Pineapple Chopped (finely): ¼ cup
Pineapple juice (fresh): 3cups
Sugar: ½ cup (or as needed)
China Grass: 8gms


Method of Preparation
In a bowl add chopped pine apple, pineapple juice and sugar. Stir well till sugar dissolves.
Heat ½ cup water and add china grass to it.
When the china grass dissolves switch off the flame.
Heat the pineapple mix and add the china grass mix to it (both the pineapple mix and china grass should be of same temperature.)
Transfer to the bowl in which you are going to set the pudding. Refrigerate to about 3 hours or till it sets.
Note: You can add 2tbsp lemon juice too which will enhance the flavour.

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Pineapple Upside Down Cake


Ingredients
Topping
Butter: 2tbsp
Sugar: ¾ cup
Pineapple: 1 round slices and quarter pieces as required
Cake
Wheat flour: 1 ½ cups
Baking soda: 1tbsp
Baking Soda: ¼ tsp
Butter: ½ cup
Salt: a pinch
Powdered Sugar: 1 cup
Vanilla Essence: 1tsp
Eggs: 2 large
Milk: ½ cup


Method of Preparation
Grease a cake tray and dust with a little flour. Keep aside.
Topping
Heat a pan and add butter and sugar to it.
When sugar melts and becomes light brown color switch off the flame. Pour this mixture to a prepared cake pan.
Place the round pineapple piece at the center and the quarter sized piece around the round piece.
Cake
Separate the egg yolks and whites. Keep aside.
In a bowl add butter and sugar.
Beat until it becomes light and fluffy.
Add in the egg yolks to it and beat well.
Add vanilla essence and milk. Beat well again.
Then add baking soda and baking powder and salt to it. Again mix well.
Add the wheat flour and mix well without lumps.
In another bowl beat the egg whites until it becomes fluffy.
Gently fold the egg whites to the prepared cake batter.
Pour this batter into the prepared cake tray, on top of the pineapple.
Preheat the oven and bake it to about 40-50minutes at 1800C or until the cake test is done.
Remove from the oven and after 5 minutes invert the cake into the serving plate, Slice and Enjoy.


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