Charred Pineapple with Brown Sugar and Warm Allspice

Charred pineapple wedges caramelize under brown sugar and warm allspice, finished with butter, lime, and cool vanilla ice cream. As Smoke Under Pimento Leaves remembers, that clove-green spice once rose with Maroon camp smoke under pimento leaves in Jamaica’s cockpit hills.

Serves 4

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Ingredients

• 1 ripe pineapple
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp ground allspice
• 4 fresh thyme sprigs
• 3 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 lime
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream
• 1 pinch of salt

Instructions

1. 1Preheat a cast-iron skillet or grill pan over medium-high heat.
2. 2Peel, core, and cut the pineapple into 8 thick rings or wedges.
3. 3Mix brown sugar, allspice, and salt in a small bowl.
4. 4Melt the butter in the hot pan, add the thyme sprigs, then lay in the pineapple pieces in a single layer.
5. 5Sprinkle half the spiced sugar over the top and cook 4 minutes until deeply caramelized and charred at the edges.
6. 6Flip the pineapple, sprinkle with remaining spiced sugar, and cook another 3-4 minutes until the second side is well browned.
7. 7Remove to plates, squeeze fresh lime juice over the fruit, and serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.