Caramelized Pineapple w/Coconut Ice Cream & Chocolate Ginger Sauce

By KeyIngredient

Every step of this dessert is a cheat, but you'd never know it. Those wiggly packaged chocolate sticks or thin chocolate wafers would be an attractive garnish.

Ingredients

• 1/4 tsp (1 mL) ground ginger
• 1 tbsp (15 mL) dark rum (optional)
• 2 tbsp (25 mL) chocolate sauce
• 1/3 precored and peeled fresh pineapple
• 2 tbsp (25 mL) each butter and brown sugar
• Coconut, vanilla or coffee ice cream
• 1/4 cup (50 mL) sweetened flaked coconut, toasted
• Mint leaves (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

1. Stir ginger and rum into chocolate sauce.

2. Cut pineapple into 12 wedges. Melt butter in a large frying pan over high heat. Add pineapple wedges and brown sugar. Stirring frequently, cook until pineapple has softened and is deep golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Leave in pan (this can be done in advance, heat before using).

3. Drizzle chocolate sauce in a zigzag pattern on each large dessert plate. Arrange pineapple wedges so they are stacked slightly. Scoop ice cream onto plate near to pineapple and sprinkle with coconut. Garnish with mint.


Makes 4 servings