Bacon-wrapped Pineapple

Remember that Thanksgiving episode of Friends where Rachel makes the trifle? Well, you might think that's what happened to me if you saw what we had for dinner last night. Chris said it looked like I had mixed up a fruit salad and bacon-wrapped scallops. I made scallops sauteed with grapes, which I'll post tomorrow, and bacon-wrapped pineapple. I saw the recipe for bacon-wrapped pineapple on Tasty Kitchen and knew it was going to be good. Granted, anything you wrap in bacon has a 99% chance of being delicious. They were involuntary-moan-inducingly awesome. Amazing. Bacon-wrapped pineapple, where have you been all my life?

I did these in the oven, but you could easily do them on the barbecue if you have one (lucky you). I did find the bacon kind of stuck to the cooking surface. I don't know if oiling the surface would make much of a difference--bacon is so fatty on it's own--but I might try a little oil next time.

As far as skewers go, if you were serving it as a party appetizer, you could use toothpicks. If you were serving it at the table, you could use long barbecue skewers with four or five pieces per skewer. I wrap the ends of my skewers with foil to keep them burning (a great trick if you forget to soak them).

Here's the recipe:

Bacon-wrapped Pineapple
From Tasty Kitchen

Ingredients:
Fresh pineapple, cut into bite-sized chunks
Strips of bacon, cut in half
Brown sugar for dredging

Instructions:
1. Dredge bacon in brown sugar.
2. Wrap each piece of pineapple with a piece of bacon and skewer to secure. Place on a cooling rack over a jelly roll pan lined with foil (easy cleanup!).
3. Bake at 375F for about 20 minutes. Finish under the broiler if bacon isn't quite crispy yet.

Pairs nicely with--who cares! Just make this!