How to Cut a Pineapple

I’ve spent many years living in Africa eating delicious pineapples.  There is an art to cutting them fast, efficiently, and with the least amount of waste.  Here is how I do it.

After easily twisting the top leaf spears or crown off, you cut off the ends of the pineapple, top and bottom.

Then you slice the pineapple into slices, 1″ or less thick.

Now it is easy to cut off the outside using a small serrated paring knife.  It’s easy to cut close to the rind and divot into the thorn spots, wasting very little of the pineapple flesh.

If you miss a few spots, go back and cut them out quickly.

Then I cut the slices like a tic tac toe, around the center core.

I can cut a pineapple in just a couple of minutes this way.  It’s fast, easy and efficient.