Continuing our magical Wizarding December series, today we're presenting the most time consuming treat on our list : the Crystallized Pineapple. It first appeared in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince when Tom Riddle offered his teacher, Professor Slughorn, a box of "Bolandi's Exquisite Crystallized Pineapple" in an attempt to get more information about Horcruxes.
Since it sounded absolutely delicious, we decided to make them ! You might be, rightly so, scared by the amount of sugar used, but it is exactly the same method used to confit fruits. Born out of necessity (to conserve over extra long period of time), this way of enjoying fruits is now used for sweet treats.
This recipe is a very time consuming one because it is done over a minimum of 5 days. Basically, you'll boil pieces of fruit in a highly concentrated syrup, let it soak over night, and repeat this steps 5 times. Unless you possess a dehydrator, you'll need to let them dry in the oven on a very low heat over several hours.
We would advise you not to re-use the syrup to make a second batch. That's what we did, and while the first ones (that we ate) kept their vibrant, yellow color, the second batch turned out much much darker. They tasted just as sweet, so if you're not bothered by the colour, go ahead =) A candy thermometer is also essential when it comes to creating the hard candied texture. Again, we didn't have any so our pineapples ended up being more of a confit fruit than properly candied fruit bits.
To present it we simply placed the pineapple bits in an A6 sized clear plastic bag and taped the Bolandi's logo on the top. The logo available for download below is not scaled ! You will have to print it the size you wish.
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 20 minutes |
 20 minutes per day over 5 days |
 3 to 4 bags |
