Pineapple Pie

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 40-45 min + 5 min oven off
4-6 Servings
Convection (160°C)

Ingredients:

• 500 gr. sliced pineapple in syrup
• 75 gr. Self raising flour
• 75 gr. corn flour,
• 100 gr. granulated sugar
• 50 gr. Butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 lemon with a nice peel
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• 125 gr. glace cherries
• Vanilla essence
• Little milk
• Salt

Preparation:

1. Drain pineapple slices and put them on a towel. Butter a 24 cm diameter cake pan, and dust it with a tablespoon of sugar.

 

2. Work the remaining butter with a spoon until creamy. Add carefully: yolks, remaining sugar, grated lemon peel. Sift onto the mix: flour, starch, half packet of baking powder and vanilla flavor. Add as much cold milk as required to obtain a fluffy mixture.

3. Beat the whites until stiff, then fold them lightly into the batter.

4. Put a slice of pineapple in the center of the pan and the other slices all around and arrange the cherries amongst the pineapple. Pour the batter on the pineapple, even it and put the pan in the oven on CONVECTION mode for 40-45 minutes. After cooking time, permit the cake to stand for 5 minutes in the oven switched off, then turn it out onto a serving dish. Let cool and serve.