Smoked Swineapple

This was a fun and unique Sunday Supper. For those who have not heard of a Swineapple it is a pineapple hollowed out and filled with pork, wrapped in bacon and smoked to perfection. The name alone grabbed our attention and the whole idea seemed easy and delicious so we decided to give it a try. 

We figured it would take 3 pineapples to feed our crowd.

The "weave" took a lot of bacon so we used strips of bacon instead on the remaining two pineapples since we had under estimated the amount we would need. 

The leftover pineapple was a great addition to our skewers.

Caribbean coconut rice and beans seemed like a good side dish & for dessert it was apple dumplings.

After 6 hours of smoking the Swineapple is ready to cut into slices.

Apple dumplings are finished and cooling. 

TA~DA

Dinner is served!

The jury is out on whether or not we would make a Swineapple again. It definitely looks amazing and generally speaking it is easy to prepare and tastes good however we were not so fond of the texture around the outside of the pork which was a bit mushy. We would have to figure out what adjustments needed to be made to alleviate that issue before we tried it again. 

I did think it was worth sharing though

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 if we figure out a solution to the texture I will be sure to let you know!

Have a super duper Saturday!!

{ go Beavers!}