Material

  • One unbruised pineapple with yellow flesh

Equipment

  • Sharp-pointed knife

Instructions

  • Wash the pineapple, pat with a cloth to dry it, and cut off both ends.
  • Cut the pineapple in half lengthwise.
  • Cut a V-shaped groove down the center of the core.
  • To form the head and the top of the wings of the butterfly, make a cut angled toward the center from both borders of the core and then make a shallow curving slice from the skin on both sides.
  • Remove the flesh from the skin by making cuts at an angle of about 45 degrees from both borders and then connecting the two by making a curving cut.
  • Turn the pineapple with the curved side up. Cut a single groove down the center of the curved bottom and two parallel grooves down each of the flat sides.
  • Cut the pineapple into one centimeter thick slices.