Baked Pineapple with Ginger-Thyme Ice

Votes: 1

Time: 6 hours 55 minutes
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

To make this delicious and unusual ice for dessert, you don't need special molds—just ice cube trays. Ginger beer (or ginger ale) is frozen in these trays along with thyme leaves. The ice is then blitzed in a food processor until it turns into a snow-like mass. Work quickly to prevent it from melting. These balls of refreshing, spiced ginger ice are served on oven-baked pineapple rings with a light sugar glaze. This dessert has a restaurant-quality presentation, is minimal in calories, and delights with its unusual combination of flavors.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

1 teaspoon thyme leaves + a small sprig for serving
2 x 0.33 ml bottles of ginger beer or natural ginger sparkling water
1 whole pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into 8 equal slices
Vegetable oil
1 tbsp. sugar

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Evenly distribute the thyme leaves among the compartments of two large ice cube trays. Fill the trays with ginger beer and freeze for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight.
Preheat oven to 200°C.

Place the pineapple slices on a baking sheet. Lightly brush both sides with vegetable oil and sprinkle evenly with sugar; sprinkle with salt as well. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes. Then remove from the oven and flip over.
Return to the oven and continue baking until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Then cool slightly on the baking sheet.
Place frozen ginger beer cubes in a food processor and process until fluffy and snow-like. Transfer to a small baking dish.
Place 2 warm pineapple slices on each dessert plate, top with a spoonful of ginger ice and garnish with a small sprig of thyme.

Note
If you're not using the ginger ice immediately, freeze it. Before serving, scrape it with a fork to loosen it. Ginger beer is very spicy, and freezing intensifies its spiciness. For a milder flavor, use natural ginger ale or ginger soda.