Pineapple Millefoglie With Maraschino Cherry Sauce Recipes

PINEAPPLE MILLE SFOGLIE WITH MARASCHINO CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Cut the puff pastry into 9 (3-inch) rings using a ring mold or a sharp paring knife. Place the rounds on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
• To make the cherry sauce: Combine the black cherries, pineapple juice, and maraschino cherry juice in a small sauce pan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Transfer the mixture to a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Pass the sauce through a mesh sieve. Set aside to cool.
• To make the pineapple: Dust the pineapple with confectioners' sugar and place in a baking dish. Cook in oven for 15 minutes, or until golden at the edges. Let cool.
• To make the Chantilly cream: Using a whisk, or hand blender, blend the heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla until fluffy and stiff peaks form. Keep the mixture chilled until ready to use.
• To make the custard: In a small sauce pan over medium heat, simmer the pineapple juice until its reduced by half. Set aside and let cool. In a separate small sauce pan over low heat, simmer the milk with the vanilla bean until warm. Using a whisk, beat the egg yolks with the sugar, add the flour and stir in the warm milk. Pour the mixture into a pot and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the cream is smooth, but not too thick. Stir in the pineapple reduction. Transfer the custard to a bowl, cover the surface with plastic wrap and allow to cool. When the custard is cool, transfer to a large pastry bag fitted with a wide round pastry tip.
• To assemble the dish: Place a puff pastry disk on the plate. Pipe the custard over the pastry in circles and place a slice of caramelized pineapple on the custard. Cover with another disk of puff pastry and pipe some Chantilly cream on top. Top with one more pastry round and drizzle with cherry maraschino sauce. Garnish with a maraschino cherry on top.

CHERRY PINEAPPLE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8x4-inch loaf pans.
• Beat white sugar, brown sugar, butter, and applesauce together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat egg and egg whites into sugar mixture; stir in bananas, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Mix flour, alternating with buttermilk, into sugar mixture until batter is well mixed; fold in pineapple and cherries. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

PINEAPPLE CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Drain juice from pineapple, add enough maraschino juice to make 3/4 Cup of liquid Add lemon juice, blend in cornstarch to liquids.
• In a medium saucepan add the liquid and stir in the spices.
• Cook over medium heat, stir until thickened, add any options at this point.
• Remove from heat, stir in the tidbits and cherries.
• Baste over ham slices, grilled chicken or veggies.
• Refrigerate any unused mixture.

CHICKEN WITH CHERRY PINEAPPLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt and ginger. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, brown chicken in oil., Drain pineapple, reserving 1/4 cup juice. In a small bowl, combine the sauce, cherries and reserved juice; pour over chicken., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°, turning chicken once. Stir in pineapple and onions; heat through.

NUTTY PINEAPPLE-CHERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Reserve 5 cherry halves. Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Add enough water to reserved juice to measure 1 cup. Beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, eggs, oil and pineapple juice in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add pineapple, nuts and remaining cherries; mix just until blended.
• Pour into 5 foil mini loaf pans sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 40 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese, milk and powdered sugar in small bowl with mixer until blended; drizzle over loaves. Garnish with mint and reserved cherry halves.

PINEAPPLE CHERRY LOAVES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. , Combine the flour, salt and baking powder; add to creamed mixture until well blended. Stir in pineapple, cherries and nuts. Pour into three greased and floured 8x4-in. loaf pans., Bake at 325° for 1-1/4 hours or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

CHERRY PINEAPPLE HOLIDAY HAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat pineapple juice, cherry juice, and ham drippings in saucepan over medium/high heat.
• Stir in Brown Sugar until dissolved completely.
• Stir occasionally until bubbling.
• Add pineapple slices and cherries, continuing to stir over medium/high heat.
• Glaze is ready when thickened to the consistency of syrup.
• Pour hot glaze over ham and add pineapple slices and cherries as garnish.