Ananas à la Royale (Pineapple à la Royale)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Peel a fresh pineapple, reserving the tuft of leaves from the top.
  2. Remove the pulp from the inside, leaving a thickness of about one centimetre in the bottom and on the walls.
  3. Fill the shell with a macédoine of fresh fruits with kirsch.
  4. Place the filled pineapple in the middle of a crystal coupe.
  5. Poach fine Montreuil peaches in a vanilla syrup; macerate large strawberries in kirsch.
  6. Surround the base with a crown of the peaches, alternated with the strawberries.
  7. Put the tuft of leaves back in its place on top of the pineapple.

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