Caramelised rum pineapple brandy baskets with lime coconut cream recipe

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Caramelised rum pineapple brandy baskets with lime coconut cream recipe

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Sweet, spiced and full of flair, this tropical showstopper as seen on Cooking with the Stars is all about contrasts. This recipe for golden brandy snap baskets holds rich rum-caramelised pineapple and cool, citrusy and smooth mascarpone, with a crunchy pistachio crumb.
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Sweet, spiced and full of flair, this tropical showstopper as seen on Cooking with the Stars is all about contrasts. This recipe for golden brandy snap baskets holds rich rum-caramelised pineapple and cool, citrusy and smooth mascarpone, with a crunchy pistachio crumb.
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Ingredients

Servings
3
For the brandy snap baskets
50 g
M&S Remarksable Value unsalted British butter
50 g
dark brown muscovado sugar
50 g
golden syrup
50 g
M&S Remarksable Value plain flour, sifted
1/4 tsp
ground ginger
1/2
M&S Remarksable Value lemon, zest and juice
1 tsp
M&S Distilled spiced rum spirit drink
For the pineapple
1
M&S perfectly ripe pineapple
50 ml
M&S Distilled spiced rum spirit drink
1 tbsp
dark brown muscovado sugar
25 g
M&S Remarksable Value unsalted British butter
For the lime mascarpone
150 g
mascarpone
1 tbsp
icing sugar, sifted
1
lime, zested
For the pistachio crumb
50 g
M&S shelled pistachios

Nutrition per serving

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Calories
903kcal
Fat
49.4 g
Saturates
29.5 g
Sugars
69.3 g
Salt
41.3 mg
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step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°C/Gas 4.
step 2
Put the butter (50 g), muscovado sugar (50 g) and syrup (50 g) in a small saucepan and set over a medium heat until the butter has melted. Put the flour (50 g) and ground ginger (1/4 tsp) in a bowl and make a well in the centre. Add the lemon zest and juice (1/2) and the spiced rum (1 tsp). Pour in the butter mixture and gradually beat it into the flour until the mixture is thoroughly combined.
step 3
Spoon 3 heaps of the mixture, one heaped tablespoon per dollop, onto a parchment-lined baking tray, making sure they’re spaced well apart.
step 4
Cook for 8-10 mins until set, golden brown and lacy in appearance. Leave for a minute before shaping – the snaps should still be pliable but set enough to move without tearing.
step 5
Drape the biscuits over lightly greased dariole moulds, or a small drinking glass. Leave to cool and harden.
step 6
Meanwhile, prepare the pineapple. Cut the top and tail off the pineapple (1), remove the skin and quarter lengthways. Remove the core.
step 7
Place a griddle pan over a high heat until very hot. Sit each piece of pineapple on the griddle pan and cook for 2-3 minutes without moving, until dark char lines appear. Turn over the pineapple pieces and repeat on the other side.
step 8
Meanwhile, warm the spiced rum (50 ml) with the muscovado sugar (1 tbsp) in a small saucepan over a medium-high heat until the sugar has dissolved.
step 9
When the pineapple is cooked, remove the griddle pan from the heat and pour two tablespoons of the rum syrup over the pineapple. Return the pan to the heat for a few minutes until the alcohol has burned off.
step 10
Melt the butter (25 g) in the remaining rum syrup over a low heat. Brush each piece of pineapple with a little of the syrup. Remove the pineapple pieces from the griddle pan and set aside.
step 11
For the lime mascarpone, gently whisk the mascarpone (150 g), icing sugar (1 tbsp) and the lime zest (1) together in a small bowl. Set aside.
step 12
Crush the pistachios (50 g) in a pestle and mortar into a crumb.
step 13
Cut the pineapple into chunks.
step 14
Put a small spoonful of the pistachio crumb in the centre of the plate. Sit a basket on top, quenelle a spoonful of lime mascarpone inside the basket, top with a few of the pineapple chunks. Garnish with a little more pistachio crumb. Repeat with the remaining two baskets and serve immediately.
step 14 Put a small spoonful of the pistachio crumb in the centre of the plate. Sit a basket on top, quenelle a spoonful of lime mascarpone inside the basket, top with a few of the pineapple chunks. Garnish with a little more pistachio crumb. Repeat with the remaining two baskets and serve immediately.

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