Pineapple Mold Food

TAIWANESE PINEAPPLE CAKES

Steps:

• For the pineapple filling: Put the drained pineapple in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring often, until any remaining liquid has cooked off and the pineapple is almost completely dry, about 12 minutes. Add the granulated sugar, corn syrup, cornstarch and lemon juice. Continue to cook, stirring often, until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is golden brown, very thick and jammy, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate, uncovered, until completely cool, about 1 hour. This can be made up to 24 hours in advance.
• For the pastry dough: Once the pineapple filling is cool, make the dough. Pulse the cake flour, butter, confectioners' sugar, milk powder, custard powder and salt in a food processor until the butter is thoroughly mixed into the flour and the dough is starting to clump together, about 2 minutes. Add the egg yolk, then continue to pulse until a smooth, homogenous dough forms. Scoop the dough into fifteen 1 tablespoon-size pieces, then roll into uniform balls.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment. Spray the inside of each of fifteen 1 1/2-by-2-inch rectangular aluminum molds generously with nonstick cooking spray and place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Divide the cold pineapple filling into fifteen 2 teaspoon-size balls.
• Working one at a time, use a rolling pin to roll one dough ball into a thin round (about 3 inches wide and about 1/8 inch thick) on a piece of parchment lightly dusted with flour. Place one ball of filling in the center of the dough, then shape the dough up and around the filling, pinching the ends to seal. Roll between the palms of your hands to make uniform. Place into one of the greased molds, then gently press so it fills the mold and is level with the top edges. Repeat with the remaining filling and dough until all 15 cakes are formed.
• Bake until the top of each cake is matte and puffed slightly and the bottom is light golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes, then carefully press out of the molds. Enjoy warm or transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

CRANBERRY PINEAPPLE MOLD

Steps:

• Lightly spritz a ring mold with cooking spray.
• Heat one cup of the reserved liquid to boiling; dissolve gelatin in it, add remaining liquid, salt and sugar.
• Stir well and refrigerate.
• When gelatin begins to thicken, add sherry, apple, drained pineapple tidbits and ground cranberries; pour into prepared ring mold and chill for several hours or overnight.
• Unmold onto a lettuce leaf-lined serving plate, fill center with remaining pineapple cubes.
• **Variation: Combine 3 cups diced apples, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, 3/4 cup chopped, salted almonds and 3/4 cup pineapple cream dressing (Recipe #314249). Fill center of mold with this mixture instead of pineapple cubes.

LAYERED ORANGE-PINEAPPLE MOLD

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Add enough cold water to reserved juice to measure 1-1/2 cups. Stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix in large bowl at least 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in juice mixture. Remove 1 cup of the gelatin mixture; set aside at room temperature. Stir half of the crushed pineapple into remaining gelatin.
• Pour into 6-cup mold. Refrigerate 2 hours or until set but not firm (gelatin should stick to finger when touched and should mound). Gradually add the reserved gelatin mixture to cream cheese in medium bowl, beating with wire whisk until well blended. Stir in the remaining crushed pineapple. Pour over gelatin layer in mold.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Unmold. Store leftover gelatin in refrigerator.

PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE JELLO MOLD

Steps:

• Start jello according to the box.
• Reduce the 2nd half of the water by the amount of pineapple juice was in the can.
• Blend all in the food processor.
• Set in mold.
• Unmold and plate before serving.
• Be ready for there to be settling of the ingredients, that's part of the fun.

PINEAPPLE LIME JELL-O MOLD

Steps:

• Drain pineapple and reserve liquid.
• Spray Jello mold or bowl with PAM cooking spray.
• Dissolve Jell-o in 2 cups of boiling water, stirring for a few minutes.
• Add enough cold water to the reserved pineapple juice to equal 1.5 cups, and add to Jell-o mixture.
• Whisk in about 8 oz. sour cream (mom used a little less).
• Dump pineapple inches.
• Chill until set.
• If you want to unmold the dish, set bowl into warm water for 30 seconds, and place plate on top of bowl.
• Invert the bowl onto the plate and let the jell-o slide out.
• Enjoy!

JELL-O RASPBERRY & PINEAPPLE MOLD

Steps:

• Add boiling water to gelatin mixes in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in juice.
• Refrigerate 1 hour or until slightly thickened.
• Stir in fruit; pour into 1-1/2-qt. mold sprayed with cooking spray. Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Unmold before serving.

LIME PINEAPPLE JELLO MOLD

Steps:

• For first layer, prepare 1 package of Jello according to directions; pour into mold and chill until set.
• For 2nd layer, whip cream cheese with a few drops of milk.
• Drain pineapple well, reserving juice.
• Mix pineapple into cream cheese.
• Prepare Jello using 1 cup of water and 1 cup pineapple juice; fold into cheese mixture.
• Pour into mold over first layer. Chill until well set.

FESTIVE CRANBERRY-PINEAPPLE JELL-O MOLD

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving juice in 1-qt. liquid measuring cup. Reserve 1 Tbsp. pineapple for later use. Add enough cold water to reserved pineapple juice to measure 3 cups; pour into large saucepan. Bring to boil; remove from heat. Add dry gelatin mix; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add cranberry sauce; mix well. Refrigerate 1-1/2 hours or until slightly thickened.
• Stir remaining pineapple, apples and nuts into thickened gelatin. Pour into 6-cup mold sprayed with cooking spray.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Unmold onto platter just before serving; top with reserved crushed pineapple.