Pineapple Turnover

 pineapple

 Ingredients

  • a tin of 7 pineapply slices in syrup - or you can use fresh pineapple
  • 20g butter
  • 15g sugar
  • glace or marachino cherries
  • 1 Egg
  • 50g of sugar
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp of vanilla essence
  • 50g vegetable oil
  • 100ml of milk
  • 150g plain flour
  • 8g baking powder

  Method

  1. Take a 26cm non-stick  frying pan
  2. Put the butter in the pan and warm until sizzling
  3. Add 15g sugar and caramlize - not too brown otherwise it can taste burnt
  4. Lay the pineapple slices neatly in the bottom of the pan and fry for 2 minutes until browned
  5. Turn off the heat and allow to cool.
  6. Place a cheery in the hole of the pineapple.
  7. In the Kenwood Bowl place the egg, 50g of sugar, a pinch of salt, , the vanilla, and whisk until ligter in colour
  8. Whisk in 50ml of vegetable oil and 100ml of milk.
  9. Add the plain flour and the baking powder and whisk until smooth
  10. Pour the mixture over the pineapples and level the surface.
  11. Cover and cook on a low heat for 10-15 minutes.  Test with a wooden skewer that the sponge is cooked.
  12. Turn out onto an oiled dinner plate and return to the pan to sponge side down.
  13. Cook for 5 minutes.  Slide onto a plate and serve with Double Cream or Custard.
  14. It is also pretty good cold.