Pineapple With Rum Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large fresh pineapple
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed and divided
1/2 cup dark rum (of your choice)
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 cup vanilla ice cream

Preparation

Remove pineapple leaves and discard.
Quarter pineapple lengthwise and cut out and discard cores.
With a sharp knife, cut fruit from rinds, keeping rinds intact and reserving them.
Cut pineapple crosswise into 1/4 inch thick slices.
In a medium size saucepan, melt butter; add 5 tablespoons brown sugar, rum, lemon juice and bring to a light boil.
Reduce heat and cook over moderate heat for 1 minute, stirring continuously.
Add pineapple slices, stir to coat and cook for 1 minute, stirring occasionally.
Preheat broiler to HIGH.
Line a shallow baking pan with aluminum foil.
Place reserved rinds in prepared pan and with a fork and a spoon return pineapple pieces to rinds, arranging to near original shape.
Spoon remaining sauce over pineapple.
Sprinkle top of pineapple with remaining brown sugar.
Broil pineapple about 3 inches from broiler elements until slightly charred and heated through, about 6 to 8 minutes.
Serve pineapple hot with icecream if desired.