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Learn how to cut a pineapple with this quick and easy tutorial!
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- 1 pineapple
How To Cut A Pineapple
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Learn how to cut a pineapple with this simple video tutorial!
Calling all of my fellow pineapple lovers! ?????
Today’s new How-To Tuesday video is dedicated to all of you love a good bite of juicy, sweet, and oh-so-delicious fresh pineapple. But maybe — like me, for so many years — may have never known exactly how to best hack into a whole pineapple. Or how to select one at the market that is perfectly ripe. Or how to store pineapple before or after it has been cut. Or where to find good fresh pineapples on sale. Or — the most delicious question — what on earth to cook with it once it’s ready to go!
Well, for anyone pine-ing to learn more about the mighty pineapple — I’ve got you covered. ?
How to Cut A Pineapple | 1-Minute Video
How To Select A Ripe Pineapple:
To find a ripe pineapple, I recommend looking for one that:
- is plump (not to soft or squishy)
- has healthy green leaves on top (not too brown or wilted)
- has a sweet and fresh smell
- feel nice and heavy
(Pro tip: If you’re looking for good pineapple at a great price, I’ve been in the habit for years of picking one up each time I go to ALDI. Their fresh pineapples are absolutely delicious, and almost always priced between $1-2 each.)
How To Cut A Fresh Pineapple:
Grab a good knife and a solid cutting board, and make it happen!
How To Store Fresh Pineapple:
Whole, uncut pineapple can either be stored:
- at room temperature (it will ripen much more quickly this way, so heads up that it may only last from 1-3 days)
- in the refrigerator (it will last much longer this way, up to 1-2 weeks)
Cut fresh pineapple can be stored in an airtight container in the:
- refrigerator, for up to 5-7 days
- freezer, for up to 3 months
What To Make With Fresh Pineapple:
That is, assuming you don’t just dig in with a fork and eat the entire fruit right away. ? (Which I 100% recommend, by the way. Plain, freshly-cut pineapple will forever be my favorite!)
If you have some restraint and feel like cooking, here are a few of my favorite recipes to make with fresh pineapple:
- Easy Rum-Soaked Grilled Pineapple
- Fresh Pineapple Margaritas
- 10-Minute Pineapple Black Bean Tostadas
- Feel-Good Pineapple Smoothie
- Pineapple Guacamole
- Grilled Chicken with Pineapple Avocado Salsa
Enjoy!
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How To Cut A Pineapple
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 3 -4 servings 1x
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Nothing beats fresh pineapple! I love your photos! So pretty!
I remember feeling so incredibly overwhelmed the first time I bought a fresh pineapple. Wish I’d had your tutorial back then :) Gorgeous pics Ali!
I’m all about the how-to’s! This is perfect!
Intuitively I have done exactly that all my life… Cool!
After your Aldi posts I buy at least one pineapple a week! Thanks for the tutorial, although I don’t toss the core – I eat it too. Ha!
Great tutorial, Ali! Thanks!
Love this tutorial! Thanks for sharing!
This is super helpful, I never know how to tackle cutting a pineapple. Thanks for sharing!
Love the tutorial! Thanks, Ali!
This will be indispensible for all my pineapple cocktail-making this summer! Great tutorial and photos, Ali!
What a useful post! Sometimes I gaze longingly at pineapple in the store, only to think of the time and effort it takes to eat it. But it’s such a nice snack to have waiting, all sliced up, in the fridge!
Great tutorial! It’s so funny the questions we food bloggers get asked ;).
Such a great tutorial! I always struggle when cutting pineapples!
A really great tutorial, always seen my mum cutting pineapple but never actually grasped it! We always eat the core too though!
What a great how to guide! I also cut my pineapple this way. What a lucky neighbor you have to share your knowledge. Thanks Ali!:)
Thank you for posting this! I was often intimidated by the idea of buying a whole pineapple, simply due to the fact that I was never quite sure how to easily cut it up. Now I know! :)
This is a great tutorial. I remember being intimidated by pineapples, I wish I had this then :)
I love fresh pineapples! I often will buy one, cut it up on Sunday, then eat it through the week. I never considered discarding the core though. Maybe it gives me extra fiber? I hope so!
Love this post!
Super helpful for a lot of people who don’t realize they don’t know how to do this until they find themselves in a stare off with a pineapple on the kitchen cutting board.
very wasteful way to cut a pineapple.
Asian countries do this in a far more elegant way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wLuTshD2xE
Thank you so very much for this recipe..Our local store had pineapples on sale for .99.. So my husband and i figured lets see if you can can them. and sure enough,you can.
Love me some pineapple! Great tutorial :)
Thanks, Adrienne — we hope you find this helpful! :)
I had also heard that a way to test for ripeness is if one of the top leaves pulls out easily (I think you pick one closer to the pineapple body). I just wish we could get pineapples from Thailand – those are the only ones I’ve had that were truly sweet and not really acid. I think ones from Costa Rica are also good. I’m glad to see such a simple method for preparing them, that doesn’t require a pineapple coring device…
Have you ever tried growing a pineapple from the crown leaves? I’m always tempted to try! Have also heard if you can gently pull one of the top leaves out, then it’s ripe. It has always worked for me!
I love this because I never buy the whole pineapple. I’m intimidated to try cutting it!
Kari
One word . . . Grapefruit knife.
The core of the pineapple contains high levels of an enzyme called “bromelain,” which is a naturally occurring anti-inflammatory. So, eat up!
Pineapple is my FAVORITE fruit of all time! I loved your video. You demonstrated a much easier (and safe!) method of cutting than I have been doing my whole life! I will start doing it your way from now on :) Thanks for the tutorial!
Thank you, Melissa! We’re so happy you found this helpful!
I was just thinking about pineapples this week b/c I was reading your ALDI 101 series! Maybe now I’ll pick one up – I’m motivated ;)
Ah this is great! Firstly, I love the pun. And the video is great, I always see step-by-step with a picture guide, but the video makes is seem so much easier. I always try and just cut through the core, rather than round it, so next time i’m going to try your way! Thank you
Thank you, we’re glad you found this helpful! :)
First time commenter here! I thought this video was great, but I have a secret extra step that makes every pineapple taste amazing. Cut the top off, then place the pineapple upside-down in a bowl and let it settle for at least ten minutes 10 minutes. Then continue with the rest of the cutting/slicing/chopping. This method lets all the juices that have settled in the bottom of the pineapple to disperse throughout the rest of the flesh, making every bite taste juicy and amazing.
That’s really cool and we’ll have to give that a try, thanks for sharing with us, Megan! :)
If anyone questions the fact that God exists, show them a pineapple!
I love pineapple but I always wonder which one is ripe and how exactly to cut it.. It’s a constant battle… Thaks for the video, it looks so easy the way you do it!
You’re welcome, Tina — we’re glad you found this helpful!