What would you do with pineapples, other than eat it fresh, juice it or make a pineapple upside down cake? Roasting the fruit, brings out its sweetness and pepper and chilli on it makes it wonderful. I added a couple of tablespoons of Bacardi rum at the end of the roasting. Try it, it is really worth it and so simple!

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Ingredients

• 1 pineapple, peeled and cored
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• 1 tsp cracked black pepper
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp butter (vegan butter)
• 1-2 tbsp Bacardi Rum (optional)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 180ºC/ 35ºF
• Butter a baking pan
• Slice cored pineapple into 1/2 inch slices
• Mix sugar and chill flakes on a plate
• Coat the pineapple slices with the mixture and place on a baking pan
• Sprinkle cracked pepper on the slices.
• Top with butter
• Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, basting with butter every 10 minutes.
• If using rum, pour over the pineapple slices at the end of 20 minutes and bake for another 10 minutes
• Serve it just like that or as a dessert with some whipped cream or ice cream
• Enjoy!

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