Recipes with pineapple for every taste

Recipes with pineapple are numerous: with these juicy fruits baked meat and poultry, make wonderful pastries and flavored drinks. But no matter how tasty salads and hot dishes with pineapple, most people prefer to eat these vegetables as part of desserts, fully reveals the magnificent sweet-sour taste of the fruit.

Advantages and disadvantages of pineapples

Almost all fruits contain a lot of nutrients, and pineapples are no exception. In these large sweet fruits contain vitamins, minerals, fiber and powerful antioxidants. But its popularity pineapples are required in the first place they contain a complex of enzymes - bromelain.

Manufacturers of dietary supplements is credited with bromelain fat burning properties. This is not quite true. Bromelain breaks down proteins and helps them better digestion and assimilation, but subcutaneous fat it has no effect. However, those who wish to lose weight, is recommended to eat pineapple - a low-calorie fruits, they have a slight diuretic effect due to the high content of potassium in the fruit, clean the intestines and improve mood.

Although bromelain and does not contribute to weight loss, it is very useful for many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, this substance reduces blood coagulation, anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic effect.

Note that the most useful fresh ripe fruit. The pineapples treated by heat, vitamins Vitamins for everyone   significantly reduced, and other valuable substances are partly destroyed. Therefore pineapple compote and candied pineapple bring health is much less useful than fresh fruit.

We can not say that pineapples are useful for everybody. So, it is not recommended to use these juicy fruits of those who suffer from gastritis with high acidity and ulcers, as well as pregnant women (in particular this relates to the immature pineapple, which contains bromelain in large quantities). In addition, it should be remembered that the pineapple is a strong allergen. It is undesirable to include this tropical fruit in the diet of young children.

Pineapple and pineapple ice cream balls

Warm pineapple cakes go well with creamy ice cream flavor of pineapple. To prepare pineapple balls need two hundred grams of pineapple, one hundred grams of wheat or rice flour, one lemon and sugar to taste. Pineapple pulp must grate, add the sugar, flour, lemon zest and lemon juice.

Roll out the mass balls, roll them in flour and bake on a greased baking sheet in ten minutes. Warm pineapple balls often served with a scoop of ice cream, pineapple.

Ice cream pineapple is also preparing very simple. It will take one can of canned pineapple, sugar to taste, and five hundred milliliters of heavy cream for whipping. Pineapple with syrup turn into a puree with a blender, add sugar to taste, the mixture was very sweet. Chilled cream of beat with a mixer, gradually increasing speed until thick foam. Gently mix the cream with pineapple puree, put the ice cream in the freezer container with a lid and chill in the freezer for two to three hours.

On a plate lay on the ice cream, garnish with roasted pineapple balls and tropical fruit: bananas, mangos, oranges. Good decoration of this dessert will also mint leaves.

Maria Bykov

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