Festive recipes that are sure to impress your holiday guests,including Anna Jones’s vegetarian celebration pie, Florence Knight’s buttered lobster and Claire Ptak’s pineapple trifle20 best Christmas recipes part 120 best Christmas recipes part 220 best Christmas recipes part 4 launches tomorrow morningI adore how exotic it is to have pineapples in the kitchen, and the holidays,when local fruit is scarce, is the perfect time to buy a few plump ones. Pineapples and kirsch have a long history together. A French bistro classic is chunks of the tropical fruit soaked in the cherry-flavoured liqueur, or served simply,perhaps with a lean crisp biscuit on the side. Turning this combination into a version of the beloved British trifle makes so much sense. I grill the pineapple with a puny sugar and some kirsch to the point that it nearly catches and softens to a tender consistency. After that wonderfully warming meal we wait all year for, this cold, and incandescent and boozy pudding is just the thing. Look for fruits that are fragrant and heavy with a green crown that isn’t drying out.
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Source: theguardian.com