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Pineapple upside-down cake

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  • Nov 20, 2023
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Updated: Aug 10, 2024


ananas comosus

What is PINEAPPLE?

Identification name: Ananas comosus L.

Family: Bromeliaceae

Habitat: native to South America

Medicinal parts: fruit, rhizome

Key chemical constituents: it contains sugars, organic acids, minerals, fiber, vitamins and minerals, enzymes, amino acids, aromatic compounds. Specifically, citric acid that is antimicrobial; malic acid that is antioxidant; bromelain that is antinflammatory; copper, manganese, magnesium, potassium; vitamins A, C, B-group.

Properties and uses: pineapple is antiinflammatory, antitussive, diuretic, blood tonic, nutritive tonic, expectorant, stomachic. The rhizome is diuretic and used for kidney diseases, kidney stones, bladder infections , urinary tract infections. The fruit juice is for diseases of the liver, cough, cold with congestion, depression. Pineapple shoots and fruit are used in curries,

soups, and stir-fries. Eat the fruit raw or drink fresh juice.

Curiosity: traditionally, given as a nutritive tonic to the convalescent and to detoxify the entire body. The Hill-Tribes take pineapple juice to treat stomachache and use it topically on warts, rashes, and dermatitis.

Caution: in some people pineapple may cause allergy, and in excessive amounts it can irritate the stomach. Drug interactions may occur with some medications like warfarin, aspirin, ibuprofen.

Dive into this delightful recipe that transforms simple ingredients into a mouthwatering treat. It’s an easy and delicious way to savor the sweet, tangy goodness of pineapple!


Ingredients for 8 servings

Pineapple 650 g

Eggs 3 (165 g)

Butter 170 g

Sugar 200 g

Cake flour 220 g

Baking powder 3 g

Almond flour 50 g

Almond milk 140 g

Fine salt 2 g


Method

Make the caramel:

Butter 30 g

Sugar 150 g

Water 150 g




​References

pineapple upside down cake giallo zafferano - YouTube. Salguero, C. Pierce. A Thai Herbal Traditional Recipes For Health And Harmony. Findhorn Press, 2003. Jacobsen, Nephyr, and C. Pierce Salguero. Thai Herbal Medicine: Traditional Recipes for Health and Harmony. Simon and Schuster, 2014. de Ancos, Begoña, Concepción Sánchez‐Moreno, and Gustavo Adolfo González‐Aguilar. "Pineapple composition and nutrition." Handbook of pineapple technology: Production, postharvest science, processing and nutrition (2017): 221-239. National Center for Biotechnology Information. "PubChem Compound Summary for CID 311, Citric Acid" PubChem, https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Citric-Acid. Accessed 20 November, 2023. Debnath, Prasenjit, et al. "A Survey on Pineapple and its medicinal value." Scholars Academic Journal of Pharmacy 1.1 (2012): 24-29.


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