Choosing your fruit:
Select a pineapple that is darker in color; it gets dark due to the higher sugar content.
Smell the bottom and look for a fruit with a delicious aroma.
If its not apparent sit the fruit in your counter a fee days. A good sign of a ripe fruit us fruit flies hanging around it.
To cut:
Use a bread knife.
Cut the top off close to the spiny leaves.
How to cut a pineapple
Set on the bottom and slice 3″ sections off the sides, rotating as you go.
Go back and slice thin pieces off where a lot if the brown husk remains.
You don’t have to remove all of the brown or you’ll waste too much fruit.
Turn on the side.
Slice The bottom off.
Compost all the waste.
Slice into 1″ rings.
Pineapple, peaches and banana kale for a great smoothie recipe!
Cut rings in half.
Get a pairing knife and cut a half circle out of each slice.
You may cut into small wedges or leave in half slices.
Enjoy!
