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Grilled Pineapple with Chai Philly Mousse

Gillian Anderson Gillian Anderson
posted May 8, 2011
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This recipe is all about fusion. It takes a replica of a Brazilian style Pineapple I tasted at the "Taste of the Danforth" in Toronto and pairs it with an Indian spiced Chai Tea Mousse. The philly helps the texture of the mousse and makes it perfect for contrasting temperatures in this super easy, yet impressive, dessert!

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces Light Philadelphia Cream Cheese
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon ground chai tea
  • 1 Pineapple cut into round slices and cored.

Directions

  1. In a shallow dowl mix together 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup white sugar and 1 tsp of cinnamon. Coat the pineapple slices in the mixture and place onto a hot grill. It take about 5 minutes per side for the pineapple to get amazing grill marks.
  2. In the meantime, make your Mousse. Use a cold bowl and cold beaters (or whisk) to whip up the cream, 1 tsp of vanilla and 2 tbsp of sugar. Whip on high until you can see firm peaks in the whipped cream.
  3. Grind your chai tea if you are using loose leaf tea in eiher a spice grinder or by using a Mortar and Pestle like I did! Add 1 tbsp of tea to your mousse.
  4. Finally, add in your Philly and whip until combined. Place in fridge until ready to use.
  5. Serve the warm, grilled pineapple with a nice big dollop of the Mousse right in the middle and enjoy immediately!
  • cook time
    10 min.
  • prep time
    15 min.
  • yields
    6 serv.

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