Ananas à la Royale (Pineapple à la Royale)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- fresh pineapple
- macédoine of fresh fruits
- kirsch
- Montreuil peaches
- vanilla syrup
- large strawberries
Instructions
- Peel a fresh pineapple, reserving the tuft of leaves from the top.
- Remove the pulp from the inside, leaving a thickness of about one centimetre in the bottom and on the walls.
- Fill the shell with a macédoine of fresh fruits with kirsch.
- Place the filled pineapple in the middle of a crystal coupe.
- Poach fine Montreuil peaches in a vanilla syrup; macerate large strawberries in kirsch.
- Surround the base with a crown of the peaches, alternated with the strawberries.
- Put the tuft of leaves back in its place on top of the pineapple.