Looking for the best way to peel a pineapple? Well, check this out, you’ll be happy you did. I love fresh pineapple! The smell, the taste. It’s all so good! But apart from it being a bit prickly to handle, the thought of peeling it, sought of prevents me from purchasing it regularly. Well, not any more!
I know, there is always the pineapple in the tin. But it’s just not the same. A fresh one is so much better and the smell is irresistible!
Anyway, I got a pineapple recently so I had to peel it without any fancy gadget to help. Now, I don’t know about you, but when I peel a pineapple I’d be patiently using the knife to dig out the remaining eyes on it.
You can always use a melon baller to make quick work of peeling out the eyes. But, to me that takes out too much of the pineapple. I love pineapple, okay so please don’t judge me.
Best Way to Peel a Pineapple
Okay, so the easiest and fastest way to peel a pineapple would be to use a pineapple peeler like the ones below. It’s quick, easy to use and there is no big mess to clean up, when you’re done. These little gadgets will definitely core and slice your fresh pineapple fast.
But what if you don’t have one of those fancy gadgets to use? Then what? You’ll have to use the old knife. So here’s the easiest and quickest way to cut your fresh pineapple with a knife.
Using a Knife
Okay, now there are different techniques you can use to peel a pineapple with a knife without wasting it! Bu it all depends on what you want the peeled pineapple to look like. Do you want chunks, or some other fancy design? Check out the steps below for a quick and easy technique for pineapple chunks.
Quick and Easy Technique
Lay the pineapple down on its side and cut off the top and bottom of the pineapple. Once you’ve done that, slice the pineapple in half, to create two equal halves. The next step is to remove the core.
Remove the pineapple core, by slicing down and inward. Once the core is removed, slice the half into another half or manageable quarters. Rotate the quarters and make slices all the way down.
Then run the knife between the skin and the pineapple to separate the chunks from the skin of the pineapple. Try your best, not to eat them before you’ve cut the entire pineapple.
Okay, so that’s a quick and easy technique. However, you may end up losing a bit more of the pineapple with this technique. Now you can always try and cut closer to the skin of the pineapple, when using this particular technique.
But doing so means you’ll have some eye remnants on the pineapple chunks. That means you’ll have to cut out those bits from the pineapple chunks.
The video below actually shows you three (3) additional techniques you can use to peel a pineapple. If you want different shapes, as opposed to chunks, then you definitely need to check it out.
We hope that this little article has been insightful and of course feel free to share your thoughts with us. Let us know if you have a favorite way to peel a pineapple!
