Grilled pineapple with pistachio ice cream
Serves 4

Gluten-free, wheat-free, sugar-free, yeast-free, soya-free, peanut-free, corn-free, vegetarian, lactose-free*

 

You will need to prepare the pistachio ice cream at least a day before you’re planning to serve this dessert. If you have guests coming for dinner, this is an advantage as you can make most of the preparations in advance and don’t need get stressed at the last minute.

 

Pistachio ice cream

400 ml double cream

50 g xylitol

1 ¼ tsp vanilla extract

2 large egg yolks

50 g pistachio nuts

 

Grilled pineapple

1 medium ripe pineapple

6 tbsp Sweet Freedom

¾ tsp ground cinnamon

 

1. Start by making the pistachio ice cream: separate the egg whites from the yolks and put the yolks in a large wide-necked jug.

2. Chop the pistachio nuts into tiny pieces and set aside. If you want to use an electric chopper, make sure you don’t pulverise the nuts completely. A little bit of crunchiness is nice in the ice cream.

3. Place the cream, xylitol and vanilla extract in a saucepan and bring to the boil over a gentle heat. Stir constantly with a whisk.

4. When the mixture starts to boil, take off the heat and pour slowly into the jug containing the egg yolks and whisk continuously.

5. Mix in the chopped pistachio nuts.

6. Pour the mixture into a container that is suitable for freezing and leave to cool to room temperature. When the mixture has cooled, place the container in a freezer. Leave to freeze overnight.

7. When you’re ready to make the grilled pineapple, take the ice cream from the freezer so that it can soften a little before serving.

8. Peel the pineapple and cut it into 1 cm slices. Cut out the core.

9. Mix Sweet Freedom and cinnamon in a bowl.

10. Dunk the pineapple slices into the Sweet Freedom to coat them lightly.

11. Grill them on a griddle pan until both sides are golden brown. Take care not to burn them. Serve straightaway with the ice cream.

 

* Substitutions

To make this treat lactose-free, use Lactofree cream instead of double cream. However, because the fat content of the Lactofree cream is lower than that of double cream, it’s more prone to developing ice crystals. Therefore, you should stir the ice cream every 1-2 hours during the freezing process.

If you don’t eat any dairy at all, you can serve the grilled pineapple without the pistachio ice cream.


  
Ice cream is happiness condensed.

- Jessi Lane Adams