Recipe of Perfect Pineapple Shortcake

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Pineapple Shortcake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Let's face it, cooking is not a top priority at the lives of every man, woman, or child on the planet. In actuality, way too individuals have made understanding how to cook a priority within their lives. This means that individuals often rely on convenience foods and boxed mixes rather than taking your time and time to prepare healthy meals for our families and our own personal enjoyment.

The same holds true for lunches when we usually resort to your can of soup or box of macaroni and cheese or some other such product rather than putting our creative efforts into making a quick and easy yet delicious lunch. You will see many thoughts in this report and the hope is that these thoughts will not just get you off to a excellent start for finishing the lunch rut all of us seem to find ourselves at at any point or another but and to use new things on your own.

Lettuce wraps. All these mike delightfully flavorful lunch treats and the filling can be ready ahead of time, which leaves only re-heating the filling and wrap when you are prepared to eat. This is really a enjoyable lunch to share with your children and it educates them that lettuce is quite a bit more elastic than people often give it credit for being. Many individuals decide to go with some teriyaki inspired satisfying; my children enjoys taco motivated fillings for the lettuce rolls. You are perfectly free to think of a favorite meeting of one's individual.

Many things affect the quality of taste from Pineapple Shortcake, starting from the type of ingredients, then the selection of fresh ingredients, the ability to cut dishes to how to make and serve them. Don't worry if you want to prepare Pineapple Shortcake delicious at home, because if you already know the trick then this dish can be used as an extraordinary special treat.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have Pineapple Shortcake using 19 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook it.

To be honest, I am not a fan of pineapple tarts. Maybe I dislike pie-tart-pastries (unless it uses puff pastry as base) or maybe I dislike how mediocre it is. People will boast so much about them. But as soon as I took the bite, I immediately got turned off; the overly sweetness or the intense tang on my palate.

Not until I was given a few pineapple shortcake squares from Taiwan. I was completely blown away by the crust, the "real" pineapple taste and crush; everything is so well balanced. I know I have to make those. I made everything from scratch without buying pre-made or store-bought pineapple jam because I get to control every single detail. I guess the problem with the pineapples tarts out there is they are being made without tasting. I mean, as a cook or baker, we need to taste every ingredient that we are putting into our final product. From there, we are able to taste and adjust for saltiness, sweetness or tang. I hope you do not mind my ranting.

I am not saying my pineapple shortcakes are anywhere near the ones from Taiwan, but at least the pineapple fillings are well balanced. It is sweet, tang, crunchy and a hint of saltiness. You must be wondering where does the crunch comes from. I get the crunchiness from the pineapple core. Most would discard it, but it is the only part of the pineapple which contains the most fiber and by adding the core into the jam, adds more crunch and nutrients. Anyway, this is my version of the pineapple shortcake.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Make ready to make Pineapple Shortcake:

1. Fillings:
2. 750 g Pineapple,
3. 1 Inch Cinnamon Stick,
4. 5 Cloves,
5. 1 Star Anise,
6. 40 g Caster Sugar,
7. 40 g Dark Muscovado Sugar,
8. 50 g Maltose Syrup,
9. 2 TBSP Coconut Rum,
10. 2 TBSP Desiccated Coconut,
11. Pinch Sea Salt,
12. Dough:
13. 125 g Cake Flour,
14. 20 g Caster Sugar,
15. 25 g Egg Lightly Beaten,
16. 25 g Milk Powder,
17. Egg Wash, 1 Egg Lightly Beaten + 1 TBSP Water
18. 1/2 TSP Sea Salt,
19. 125 g Unsalted Butter Softened,

Steps to make Pineapple Shortcake

1. Prepare the pineapple jam.
   
   Peel the pineapple with a sharp chopping knife.
   
   Divide into 4.
   
   Separate the core from the pineapple.
   
   Finely chop the pineapple and core.
2. Place them on a strainer to drain out excess juices and liquid.
   
   Set aside for about 15mins.
   
   You should have 750g worth of chopped pineapples.
   
   If you do not have the exact weight, calculate and adjust the rest of the ingredients accordingly.
3. Taste your pineapple before cooking.
   
   If the pineapple is sweet, use less sugar.
   
   If the pineapple is tang, use more sugar.
   
   In a skillet over medium heat, add the chopped pineapple.
4. Transfer cinnamon, cloves and star anise into an empty tea bag.
   
   Seal tightly and add into the skillet.
   
   Saute until aromatic.
   
   Add in sugar and maltose.
5. A quick tip. Maltose syrup is difficult to work with at room temperature. After measuring out, transfer to a heat proof bowl and let steam for about 5 mins or until the maltose is liquify.*
6. Stir well to combine. Stir, stir, stir.
   
   Continue stirring until the pineapple jam is dry and sticky. It should take about 15 to 20 mins.
   
   Add in desiccated coconut and coconut rum.
7. Be careful when adding in the rum, as flame might be ignited in the hot skillet.*
   
   Continue sauteing until the pineapple jam is slightly caramelized.
   
   Lastly, add salt.
   
   Taste and adjust for sweetness and tang.
8. If it is too sweet, add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
   
   If it is too tang, add more sugar and season lightly with salt.
   
   Remove from heat.
   
   Set aside to cool down completely.
9. On a side note, you can add a cup of water to deglaze the skillet. Bring it up to a simmer. Transfer into a cup. Add in a tea bag. You have a fine pineapple tea.*
10. While the pineapple mixture is cooling down, prepare the dough.
    
    In a mixing bowl, sift together cake flour and milk powder.
    
    Add in salt and stir to combine well.
    
    In another large mixing bowl, using a fork, cream butter until light and fluffy.
11. Add in sugar and cream until well combined.
    
    Add in egg.
    
    Lightly whisk until the mixture is light and creamy. Whisk, whisk, whisk.
12. Add 1/3 portion of the flour mixture.
    
    Using a spatula, fold in the flour mixture into the butter mixture.
    
    Keep folding until mixture is well combine.
    
    Repeat this process until all the mixture is combine and come together as a dough.
13. Transfer onto a cling film.
    
    Wrap and let it firm up in the fridge for at least 40 mins to an hr.
    
    After the pineapple jam has cooled down.
    
    Measure 15g for each portion.
14. Roll each portion into a ball and place them on a plate.
    
    Cover with cling film and let it firm up in the fridge at least an hour.
15. Assemble the shortcake.
    
    Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius or 340 fahrenheit.
    
    Divide the dough in half and place the other half in the fridge until ready to use.
    
    Measure 15g for each portion.
16. Roll each portion into balls.
    
    Follow the above directions and photos in shaping the shortcakes or you can check out my Instagram highlights.
    
    *Note that the butter in the dough will melt very fast. If you find that the dough is difficult to work with, dust some flour, roll into a ball and shape again.*
17. After shaping each shortcake, place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
    
    Repeat the process until all the shortcakes are shaped.
    
    Lightly brush the shortcakes with egg wash with a pastry brush.
18. Wack into the oven and bake for 10 mins.
    
    Remove from oven and flip the shortcakes.
    
    *It is best to flip the shortcakes with 2 spatula. They are at its most vulnerable stage, so treat them with tender love and care,*
19. Brush with egg wash.
    
    Wack into the oven and bake for the final 8 to 10 mins or until it is golden yellow.
    
    Remove from oven and let cool completely before serving.
    
    The shortcakes taste better the next day.

While that is in no way the end all be all guide to cooking quick and easy lunches it's great food for thought. The stark reality is that will get your own creative juices flowing so you could prepare wonderful lunches for your family without needing to complete too much heavy cooking at the practice.

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