• Recipe by Angela Ridge

    Pineapple carpaccio with mint and sugar

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 15 mins

    Ingredients

    • 1 ripe pineapple
    • handful fresh mint
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) castor sugar
    • 1,25ml (¼ tsp) chilli powder (optional)
    • natural yoghurt, to serve (optional)

    Instructions

    1

    Peel the pineapple and remove any of the black ‘eyes’ left behind in the flesh.

    2

    Slice the pineapple into thin discs and arrange them in 1 or 2 layers on a serving platter.

    3

    Put the mint, sugar and chilli (if using) in a pestle and mortar, and grind together until the mint has been incorporated into the sugar and the mixture is a lovely green colour.

    4

    Sprinkle over the pineapple and serve with natural yoghurt.