How to cut a pineapple

This easy video from the BBC Good Food cookery team shows you how to prepare, peel, slice, chunk and make carpaccio with pineapple. You'll need a sharp knife and a chopping board. Perfect for kebabs, in fruit salads or to use in a stir-fry.

Tip: Ripe pineapples should have a good strong 'sweet' fragrance and a golden colour. Avoid fruits that have an unpleasant smell or a discoloured skin.

[claireelizabeth]

Watching this makes me think I should have been able to work out how to cut a pineapple for myself. However, staring at the exterior of a pineapple, you end up thinking, "how the heck am I going to tackle that?"

[bigpapi]

I worked in a buffet restaurant and one job was to dice fresh pineapple. A couple of suggestions. Don't use a serrated knife. They will drift at an angle. Twist off the top, don't cut it. Cut lengthwise in half, then in quarters, then slice the core out of each quarter. That will leave a flat spot to further cut into eights. Then run the tip of your knife just deep enough to take off skin and eyes. At that point you can dice and leave in "boats" or make bulk dice. Minimum waste and maximum speed. With practice about 60 seconds to completely dice a pineapple.

[sophiedowse]

It’s 12:30am and I’m watching a guy cut a pineapple that’s how bored isolations got me

[rafinyx]

Ripened pineapples are orange coloured. It is best to be eaten when they are ripened as that's when they are sweet.

For the green ones, they are not ripe, yet edible. It is typically used in cooking.

[sadyechester]

Yellow pineapple skin makes the fruit sweeter :)

[ktkee]

Does anyone else find fresh pineapple blander tasting than tinned? It's not uncommon I guess, as tinned stuff is packed up straight away, not left hanging around.