Confession: the first time I bought a fresh pineapple I had no idea what to do with it, but trust me – it’s actually simple!
How to cut a pineapple:
1. I’ve found that selecting a pineapple which is light green/yellow in overall color yields the sweetest fruit. You also know it’s ripe when you pull a green “frond” from the top and it plucks out easily.
2. Lay the pineapple on its side on a big cutting surface. With a sharp knife, cut the bottom and top ends off.
3. Place the pineapple on the flat bottom.
4. Using a sharp knife, cut the rind off the fruit, following the natural curve of the pineapple.
5. Once you have all the rind off, go back over the fruit to remove any of the hard “eyes” that remain.
6. Cut your pineapple in half length wise.
7. Cut each half in half, so you now have 4 quarters.
8. Place the quarters flat side down then, placing your knife at an angle, cut out the tough core.
9. Cut the cored quarter into slices lengthwise, and chop!
See? It’s not so hard! It truly gets easier every time you do it too, so get to practicing!
I feel like cutting pineapple is like one of the hardest things sometimes… thanks for sharing the step by step pictures!!
I just bought a pineapple peeler or something but came to this site because I can’t figure the blasted thing out! It is so complicated.. Thank you for your complete directions and pictures! They helped so much. Kudos.
-Kenzie
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lol,clean diet and exercise,it sounds great.
hi, i got the same way to cut pineapple. but my wife always say it is to waste to cut like that, she cut the pineapple in different way . after she cutting the pineapple looks like the yellow spin. ahh… i am chinese in ghana.
Thanks for the tutorial! I bought a “whole” pineapple only because I remembered you had a tutorial on your blog! AWESOME, sweet, and DELISH!
Thanks Again!
I love adding frozen bananas to smoothies! It makes them so smooth and creamy. Who needs ice?
One more tip for cutting your pineapple. Turn it upside down an hour before cutting to let the sugars distribute throughout the pineapple. Learned that trick when we visited the dole pineapple plantation here on Oahu!
best pineapple prep instructions i’ve seen(i was once instructed to ream out the core with a metal skewer, so gross!).
i’m irish on my mom’s side and irish-dutch on my dad’s side, and we’re a firefighting family from new york…nothing like a stereotype. my family can’t wait to get their colcannon(mashed potato-and-kale casserole)and ham on this week. try colcannon some time, i’d be interested to hear your take on it!
I dont buy pineapple just because its so hard to cut; but I am going to go for it IGE :)
Mom and Dad both are from India… I am 100% Indian living in US…. :)
I love the pineapple tutorial! If I had it a couple months ago I might not have bought my Pampered Chef pineapple corer, but I’m still pretty happy with that purchase.
I’m a big mix of nationalities. The biggest part if 1/4 Dutch. Everything else is too small to put percentages on including German, English, Native American, Irish, and other stuff.
Love the tutorial! Thanks!! I’m 100% irish…my name may have given it away. :)
I’m 50/50 for heritage – French and Norwegian – which is pretty cool since most people nowadays are a mix of everything!
Fresh pineapple is the best! My heritage is: Czechoslovakian, Portuguese, Spanish, Germany, Chinese and Hawaiian. Yea…I’m a mutt.