Pineapple on the grill! Serve in a dish or banana boat with pineapple slices on each side, a scoop or two of ice cream on top, and a juice glaze poured over the top. For the sugar and rum component in the marinade, you can use juice (1/2 cup).
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 8 hrs |
| Total Time: | 8 hrs 30 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 8 slices |
Ingredients
- 1 fresh pineapple
- ¼ cup rum
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
Instructions
- Peel the pineapple and, leaving it whole, cut out the center core. Slice into 8 rings, and place them in a shallow glass dish or resealable plastic bag. In a small bowl, mix together the rum, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Pour marinade over the pineapple, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour, or overnight.
- Preheat grill for high heat. Lightly oil grate.
- Grill pineapple rings 15 minutes, turning once, or until outside is dry and char marked. Serve with remaining marinade.
Reviews
This was so good and so easy to make, I made it twice in one week…The only thing I did different was to marinate everything in a one gallon-size freezer bag and I flipped it over every 1/2 hour while it marinated in the refrigerator… This one’s a keeper!
I’m sure this would be even better with fresh pineapple but all I had was canned. We will definitely be making us again.
Very good. I baked it in the oven 15 minutes at 350.
Hands down a winner! Used Cuban Rum, and resisted the temptation to drink it! Doubled the brown sugar and added some fresh pineapple juice, Yummy!
I liked it but didn’t love it. I think the cinnamon and cloves were a bit too much. If I try this again I may cut down on them and/or use more rum.
While I love the concept, our family thought the marinade was too heavy on the cloves. Will probably cut them in half next time. Also, recipe called for 1/4 cup rum, but does not specify what kind. I used a dark spiced rum as that is what I had on hand. Again, it might have been the cloves, but found this a little too overpowering for the pineapple. Will probably try a lighter dark rum next time. Not going to give up on this one. Love the concept, just needs some tweaks in my personal opinion.
I can’t believe how great this turned out. Everyone at our BBQ loved it. I use spiced rum (One Barrel Rum – Hard to find)
My husband loved this and fresh pineapples jump into his grocery cart whenever he shops.
Fantastic! Made exactly like the recipe said, marinated the pineapple for about 5 hours and they were delicious. Served with vanilla ice- cream and everyone asked for seconds. I will make again.
My husband loves this recipe but I did make a few changes. I didn’t use any nutmeg and cut the pineapple into 1 inch thick pieces.
I have to say I left out the ginger and cloves. I also have to say I have always hated cooked fruit. BUT I recently discovered a taste for pineapple and this is the very first recipe that I cooked with pineapple. Loved the smell…I could only imagine now what the cloves and ginger would add – but I was playing it safe. So so so good. Thanks for sharing!
I used orange juice as suggested by one other reviewer. Excellent dessert. My kids loved it. I might adjust the amount of cloves next time – just a little strong. We will make this again and again. We love to BBQ in the summer.
1st, this is excellent! Thanks Michael. 2nd, having made this several times, I tweaked the recipe to fit what we like plus variations. However, this was kept on a paper copy and it was lost. Lesson learned – use the “My Notes” for permanent retention.
Personally I wasn’t a huge fan of these… they were good but I think I would have just been fine with grilling the pineapple plain (which I love) and drinking the rum…. but my dad and other seemed to really like them and like the tartness of the pineapple that the marinade seemed to bring out… overall I guess its not a bad recipe if you want to transform the pineapple a little bit…. I did substitute spiced rum for regular because that is all I had so that could have made the difference too…
so simple yet so delish!
Not as good as I had hoped. Although the pineapple was sweet and I followed the recipe exactly, it was disappointing. It is similar to Bananas Foster, but not as good.
I tried this at a family barbeque and it was a hit! Everyone loved it and it had a nice little kick to it from all the spices
Too sweet for me…would prefer plain grilled pineapple.
Very good! I love bbq’d pineapple so I really wanted to try this. It’s getting cold here now, though, so I really didn’t want to fire up the grill. I just fried them on the stovetop instead–not quite the same, but close enough. The flavors are best experienced when the pineapple is hot–after cooling, the cloves are a bit too much. It would be silly, though, to rate less for that when I think the recipe is intended for the pineapple to be warm or room temp. I cut in wedges instead of rings–personal preference–and they were delicious. Thanks for the recipe!
Yum!
Incredible!! I made wedges instead of slices and added a little lime infused olive oil to the marinade. Served it with grilled chicken and coconut rice. It was heavenly!!