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Ok. Time for some more fun with food carving. This time I’d like to walk through the individual steps for carving a pineapple.

Pineapples are already one of the most beautiful fruits out there. With their crazy skins and rich deep yellow centers, there is nothing like a pineapple. But carving pineapples can not only help to make them even more interesting on a plate, but they also can be a lot more inviting to eat with a little preparation.

Step 1: Cut the pineapple in half the long way.

Step 2: Cut away the bottom and top of the pineapple. Don’t be afraid to cut a little way in because both the base and the top of pineapples have pretty hard cores so they’re not really good to eat anyways. Also, cut out the core that runs down the center of each of your halves. I like to cut this core out with two cuts so that you end up with a triangle shape.

Step 3: Cut each of your halves in half again. You now have four long pieces of pineapple. Then skin the pineapple and cut away the “eyes” of the pineapple. This is a little difficult and will take some practice. When doing this, work on a bit of a diagonal down the pineapple.

Step 4: Make some decorative cuts lengthwise down the pineapple. In the picture below one slice uses one larger cut down the middle and the other slice has a couple of cuts, adding a little more decoration.

Step 5: Cut up each of your lengths of pineapple into nice bite size pieces and arrange them decoratively on a nice plate.

Step 6: Hold off from eating too many before you can serve them to your guests.

Let me know what you think. Don’t they taste better this way?

Sapparot Aroy.