Hands up if you love to cook with fresh pineapple! Oh that sweet goodness on your plate, the natural way to sweeten up any dish without adding sugar!
To celebrate all things food and especially pineapples, we’re excited to launch PHASE 2 of our Pure Gold Moments Giveaway.
You might recall we took a pretty memorable trip to meet the Pure Gold Pineapple farmers last month and busted a few pineapple myths while we were there. In case you missed it, here’s our top myths (and take note as you’ll need to know them!)
FACT 1: Pineapples are NOT only a summer fruit! Pineapples sold without a crown are NOT second quality, they are the PURE GOLD variety which are the PERFECT WINTER FRUIT – beautiful and sweet ALL YEAR ROUND!
FACT 2: It takes two years to grow a pineapple. YEP! From planting to harvest, you can expect to wait around 24 months for these babies to be big enough and ripe enough to eat!
FACT 3: Pineapples are ripest on the day they are picked.  The farmer picks it at it’s prime so from then on the pine is only going to deteriorate. Don’t let it sit in your fruit bowl waiting for the colour to change – EAT IT NOW!
FACT 4: Once cut, pineapples will last for two weeks in an air-tight container in the fridge! That is, if they last that long! So cut them up, pop them in the fridge and dish them up to the kids next time they’re looking for something sweet to eat!
Pure Gold Pineapples are sold in ALDI, Woolworths, Coles, Harris Farm, IGA and most local green grocers.
So let’s give a huge virtual high five to the team at Pure Gold Pineapples for giving one lucky reader our PURE GOLD PRIZEPACK containing:
- a $500 Kitchenware Direct voucher to spend on anything for your kitchen – pots, pans, gadgets and gizmos – you name it!
- a Pineapple a week for a whole YEAR!
- a pineapple peeler and corer
PLUS, you’ll go into the draw to win a $1,000 Westfield Gift Card!
Imagine the shopping! Not sure where to start? How about some new clothes, shoes, handbags, a TV or even a spa visit?!
To enter, simply complete the entry form below and tell us in the comments below your FAVOURITE WAY TO EAT OR COOK WITH FRESH PINEAPPLE! Do you cook it, eat it raw, add it to a stew, top a pizza or cook it in your favourite sponge cake?
- Comment below telling us how you love to cook or eat raw pineapple.
- Upload your photo using the Gleam widget below or post it on Instagram using the hashtags 
#PureGoldMoments and #PureGoldPineapples.  It’s simple to link to existing Instagram and Facebook posts from within the app so give it a go and you could be a winner! If you use Instagram or Facebook, be sure to enter your details here to validate your entry.
- 10 of the best photos will be selected as finalists to go into the draw to win the grand prize.
BE sure to SHARE with your friends as the more that enter, the more chances you have to WIN!
Win a $500 Kitchenware Direct Voucher and a Pineapple a Week for a Year!
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I always have to have a delicious fresh pineapple fritter if I am having fish and chips. It goes back to happy childhood memories sitting on Manly Beach fighting off the seagulls, laughing,summer and family! Delicious!
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake. This classic dish (when made well!) is one of my favourite desserts. It’s much better with fresh pineapple. Also, the ingredients required are fairly basic, making it easy on the wallet.
I don’t get to eat pineapple coz my 2 year old is addicted to “Pineole” (as she calls it). She will eat it any way it comes but prefers it fresh and in her mouth as quickly as possible.
I love fresh pineapple in a burger with the lot. mmm
Pina Colada HAHAHA…. Juiced pineapple with some chunks with in a pitcher with ice is so cooling in summer, or added to a kebab with chicken and capcicum, the grill on the BBQ.
I LOVE makibg toasted ham pineapple and cheese sandwiches. Simple but an absolute go to quick lunch for a busy mum!
My favourite way is fresh with all the delicious golden juice dribbling down my face
I love to freeze it in small pieces then make a smoothy with Almond Coconut Milk, Frozen Pinapple, Pinappe Juice and a few ice cubes.. chuck it in the blender and YUMMO !!!!
Plain is best, just cut into small bits at room temperature
I love it on the bbq .. Best way to add it to a salad later
Fresh in a salad
I love pineapple upside down cake, the Pineapple with golden syrup and brown sugar tastes Devine
Love using them in the 2 ingredient pineapple cake and also grilled yummmm
oh my lordy i love freshly cut pineapple on an english muffin with tomato paste as a base sauce, topped with fresh ham and cheese – grill it baby~~~
Char grilled Pineapple off the spit cut fresh onto the plate is just a fantastic way to end a heavy meal.
I love eating fresh pineapple. When I visited Darwin, a friend cut it up for me. I ate the whole thing. When I visited Cairns, my family would get ice cream. I would get a takeaway container of pineapple. In W.A. we don’t have an abundance of fresh pineapples. If we did I would be cutting it up and eating the whole thing.
We love to eat our pineapple with meat,
It’s a combo that just cannot be beat.
Thick and hearty ham steaks with melted cheese,
Topped with juicy fresh pineapple that’s been cut with ease.
Grilled until they’re a nice golden brown,
Brings a touch of Hawaii to my home town.
Pair it with a side of slaw,
It has the kids wanting more.
Healthy and fresh and very tasty,
Quick to make if your feeling hasty.
I highly recommend you give it a try,
If you’ve never had it before you will wonder why.
I love slicing fresh pineapple and fresh paw paw and then marinading them in a lime and honey syrup for an amazing taste sensation. Even one of my children (who is the only one of 4 to dislike fruit) will; eat this with gusto!
I Love to cut up into small squares fresh Pineapple and saute it with Chicken mince in a fry pan then ass all the juice of the Pineapple and thicken it with cornflower.
Pineapple cut into cubes and skewered and grilled lightly on bbq then dusted with icing sugar…melt in the mouth!
Pineapple, watermelon, mint and ice in the blender- delicious!
Freshly diced!
Hubby and I love pineapple blended into our breakfast fibre smoothie 🙂
Fresh and raw, so tangy, juicy and sweet!
I love to to have pineapple pieces with diced cheese pieces and corn for a salad.
Pineapple with ham steak – go retro!
I absolutely love to grill sliced pineapple with ham stakes perfect combo, so delicious and really easy to make
Grilled on the BBQ and served with vanilla icecream, mmmm.
Pina colada cupcakes! Tasty drink turned into a cupcake! Yummy
Pineapple fritters with a dusting of cinnamon and sugar.
I actually don’t do a thing to them. I stand there at the kitchen counter and peel them and eat them. I love them just the way they are.
Pineapple with chicken and bbq sauce on a pizza is devine
Cut the pineapple in half, lengthwise… cutting the top in half as well, keeping it attached. Scoop out the pineapple fruit without damaging the pineapple skin. Chop the pineapple flesh up, add chopped bananas and passionfruit pulp. Place the chopped tropical fruit mix back into the pineapple “shells”. Cover these with wrap and place in freezer till frozen through. Then top each pineapple (filled with tropical mix) with meringue. Place meringue topped frozen pineapple halves into a very hot oven to brown the meringue. Serve this delicious tropical treat and listen to all the “wow”s.
Nothing better than a fresh slice of pineapple cooked on the bbq with a drizzle of Balsamic vinegar. My Gran used to have fresh pineapple sandwiches. Would love to win this prize!
Pineapple kebabs chargrilled on the bbq with maple syrup and coddled cream is a delicious summer treat
I love love love love love making my famous upside-down pineapple and coconut cake for my family and friends. It’s always a favourite.
Pure Gold Pineapples, just looking at them gives me that “Tropical Feeling” what better way to enjoy them, than combined with cool cucumber and the spicy flavours of Thailand in a delicious light salad …. well maybe caramelised with a big scoop of ice-cream, comes a very close second 🙂
Kids love pineapple fresh AND on homemade Hawaiian pizzas, but the adults in the house LOVE Brazilian grilled pineapple… cup of brown sugar and couple of tsps cinnamon in a bag with cut pineapple and shake. Whack them on the barbie with your meat and after cooking 4 mins each side, you’ll have some magnificent caramelized pineapple. Yum!
I absolutely Love Pineapple! Fresh pineapple is great, but my absolute favourite is Battered pineapples. A perfect blend of sweet and savoury!
Pineapple Sorbet for the kids, Pineapple Mojito is my personal fave….
Chopped up in a fruit salad and the fruit salad served within a cored and emptied pineapple.
Simply just chopped up as per the cutting instructions stuck on the pineapple. They don’t last long enough to cook with in our house, husband 2 small children plus myself all loving pineapple. Im sure our 5mth old baby will love it too when she starts eating it
We love making oineapple chips! Cut the oineapple really thin, speay with coconut oil and cook in the oven yill lovely and crisp!
I live making pineapple and coconut ice cream – it tastes like summer!
if its a really good one, down the hatch it goes! otherwise if i can resist i love a fresh smoothie made with pineapple, coconut, and banana 🙂
Hollowed out, cut up, mixed with icecream, nuts and a dash of rum and then placed back into the pineapple shell to serve.
I love it fresh and on the barbi as pork and pinapple kebabs 😀
I love pineapple anyway it comes, but it is so delicious served as a fritter with crumbed chicken, Banana fritters, chips and Peas, best Chicken Maryland ever.
Pineapples, BBQ Pork, Egg, Prawns Fried Rice is my family’s favourite recipe. I put fried rice in Pineapple shell for fun. Australian Pineapple has excellent quality to create all kinds recipes. They are very tasty.
In smoothies, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties.
love to have fresh pineapple with shaved coconut and ice cream
On pizza, i mean home made pizza is best and not aussie without pineapple
My favourite recipe for pineapple is a partly sweet, partly sour, moist and juicy pineapple upside-down cake.
I love using them to cook with. When used in a marinade they impart a surprisingly complementary flavour to steaks while simultaneously tenderising the meat.
Fresh! in big chunks! or lightly grilled with some sumac.
I like pineapple and macroni salad with some light cream on it
Cut open and eat it!
I love to throw a few slices on the barbie and serve them with barbecued chicken skewers. Delicious!
I love eating them freshly cut. Natural is best and sweetest.
I love a good Hawaiian pizza with heaps of pineapple on top. At least I can get my fruit for the day served up on a pizza.
The old favourite of ham, cheese and pineapple toasted sandwiches can’t be beaten.
I love using Pineapple in Cakes, it works magic and tastes divine. I even used blitzed pineapple Into a paste & use it in a syringe. When making Cupcakes, cut a little hole in the pineapple Cupcake, and fill hollow using the syringe to fill with pineapple puree. sit top bake on and pipe with a Mixture of toasted coconut, 2tbsp of pineapple puree, icing sugar, Marscapone cheese & whipped cream. If using a full size cup just do the same but on a bigger scale of course. Another option is a pineapple teacake. Make a butter cake, when cooked, use skewer and stab holes all other. Blitz some pineapple add to saucepan with a couple of tbsp of orange Juice & I tbsp castor sugar. Reduce to a glaze, Pour over warm cake. Allow to cool.
Pineapple mixed with ice cream and custard mmm
I love using Pineapple while cooking my classic Pineapple upside-down Cake. It’s my absolute favourite desserts. I love cooking with fresh pineapple as it gives it a fresh and tropical tangy flavour, and It really does incorporate that Hawaiian flair.
I love pineapple sliced, with just the peel taken off, yum. It’s so beautiful on toasted tropical triangles, (not fingers because you get too many crust corners)1 or beautiful chicken and pineapple skewers grilled with coconut, oh yum, we just live, and eat lots of pure gold pineapples in my home. They are always just right to take home and eat.
Fresh Pineapple and Mixed Berries with Coconut Milk and Coconut Sugar are fantastic summer smoothie for hot summer day. It has rich nutrition for health benefits.
Fresh pineapple cut into pieces and added to my carrot cake recipe is my favourite way of using pineapple.
Upside down pinaplle cake!!
Fresh cut pineapple or in a vanilla cake mix for a magnificent pineapple cake mmmmm yummy!!!
Fresh fruit salad!
Pineapple Fritters. When you bite into them the juiciness and the sweetness is so good to. I also love to just eat them on their own. The sweet tangy taste is amazing.
I love pineapple in my tuna mornay and also grilled on top of hamsteaks
I love it the way nature intended, fresh chunky pieces with fresh melons, strawberries, grapes and blueberries! the pineapple is the Key taste to perfect a fruit salad!
On our homemade pizzas or chips & pineapple fritter nights
Find the freshest, juiciest pineapple and blend with frozen watermelon and a few leaves of mint. Serve in a chilled glass and enjoy! Simple, refreshing and delicious, it will have you dreaming of summer!
Pineapple cake 🙂 an oldie but a goodie,perfect for summer and everyday events 🙂
Thin slices of fresh pineapple, marinated in ginger syrup for a few hours in the fridge, and served with icecream. Delicious!!
One the kids love:
Hotdogs chopped up
Fresh sweet Pure Gold pineapple sliced and diced
Tin of chopped tomatoes
One small onion.
Fry onion so it turns translucent and softens. Add tomatoes and reduce until most of the liquid is gone. Add chopped hotdogs and pineapple pieces and heat for a further 3 minutes. Take off the stove and enjoy!
I absolutely love my nanas recipe for pineapple is my pineapple veal omg its the most amazing sweet tasting eva always has been a family hit
Then i also love nans PINEAPPLE BOILED fruit cake yummmy
Pineapples don’t last long enough to be cooked in our house, they are eaten as soon as we get them!
Our kids love it on a good old home made ham, cheese and pineapple pizza. Or just on it’s own as a snack.
I love adding pineapple to carrot cake it adds a delicious flavour and keeps the cake moist!
I found that cutting up sweet potato, fresh pineapple and onion and roasting them off makes a great accompaniment to Roast Pork. The kids love it and hubby always goes back for thirds!
I love baking Pineapple Upsidedown Cake because it never fails and gives me a connection to generations of pineapple lovers in my family from whom this recipe has been passed down. The combination of zesty but sweet pineapple on top means not too much sugar is needed in the actual cake and is really like a slice of healthy sunshine
I cut wedges in half ( half circle) and wrap bacon around it fix it with a tooth pick and bbq it .
Best way I have Fresh Pineapple………Slice of thick Ham, Some Homemade pizza sauce on top, Then a slice of pineapple, Then some diced Bacon Fried, Then a Slice of cheese, Salt and Pepper to Finish. Not the healthiest….. But Oh So Good…..I also love it raw with the juice running down your hands on a hot summer day….. Yum.
2 slices of bread under the grill with ham, pineapple and cheese! Delish!!
Not very healthy, but I love a deep fried, batterred pineapple ring. with bacon and eggs for breakfast.
My nan used to make us upside down pineapple cake and it has become a favourite of ours. My hubby and kids love it and the smell reminds me of all the good times I had with my grandparents. My nan was the best and her recipe book means a lot to me.
What do you mean cooking Pineapple? who can take a pineapple into their house peal it chop it and have it last more then 5 min?I would love to make cocktails with it… I would love to glaze it with butter and bourbon on the BBQ………..mmmmmmm Pineapple upside down cake ……. Pineapple syrup cake…… I would love to do lots of yummy things with it but the fact of life is it never lasts longer than a min or two let alone make it into the oven!
I actually like my pineapple to sit for a couple more days after buying as I find they become sweeter and juicier, and nothing beats it just being peeled, and sliced and eaten as is. Delicious and pure sunshine in your mouth.
I cut mine into pieces and heat them in a frying pan with red onion and bacon or ham with a drizzling or balsamic glaze or balsamic vinegar. Taste great on steak or sausages ect or in jacket potatoes with sour cream, on hot chips, potato skins, mashed potato, roasted vegetables or on salad… hot or cold it tastes amazing.
I use pineapple in my fried rice. I caramelise it and add it to the rice at the end. So sweet and juicy…adds a another layer of flaviour.
I like cooking on the barbeque flambed with a little rum and topping with a little dollop of unsweetened double whipped cream; I also use the hollowed out shell as a bowl to serve my thai spiced pork curry to give it a delicate accompanying pineapple flavour
I like them raw in a delicious fruit salad.
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I’m quite fond of juicing a pineapple with ginger and green apple. it’s a great purifier and get’s the blood racing. Lovely first thing in the morning.
summer time, just cut a fresh pineapple into long fingers and freeze them with a toothpick. then the kids will have natural, sweet, ice cold fruit to refresh them after running around outside. Better than sugary icy poles and other rubbish
I just love fresh pineapple on our homemade pizzas. Definitely no canned pineapple in our pantry!
upside pineapple cake yummo served with Warm Custard
Love chunky pineapple muffins they are so delicious
Cut into bite sized pieces, rolled in a light batter and deep fried, then dust in icing sugar yumo!!!
Barbequed and then sprinkle cinnamon on top, delish.
Toss through small pieces of pineapple through a fresh Mexican style salsa! Absolutely beautiful!
Best way to eat pineapple is on fresh bread so del
icious.
In my signature fried rice!
I love making chicken skewers. I marinate the chicken in vinegar and brown sugar and then place on skewers with fresh pineapple. I then barbecue them on the weber over hot coals. The taste is sensational and nothing compares!
Bread, ham steak, pineapple, cheese – under the grill!
In a made from scratch sweet and sour pork
I love to eat fresh pineapple just by itself but I also like to make my pineapple into fresh pineapple ice cream. Yummy!
Pineapple fruit cake is the best
There are so many ways… I mix it into my homemade jam which only consists of fresh fruit, honey and chia seeds. We eat it with vanilla ice-cream, in a fruit salad, in a cheesecake or on the BBQ 🙂
Pork tacos with fresh pineapple salsa! Yum! That’s when I dont eat it all straight from the fridge first.
Love a pineapple cheesecake, or a cool tropical fruit drink with pineapple or even grilled pineapple … I’m really not fussy, as long as it’s pineapple.
Fresh cut pineapple, pineapple upside down cake, pineapple pizza or a tropical punch.
I love using pineapple in fried rice, giving it a fresh, sweet flavour
When I have a dessert craving I absolutely love taking a fresh, juicy pineapple, sprinkling it with a pinch of sugar and then grilling the outside for a few moments. I carefully slice and devour the sweet, warm outside flesh and then repeat until the whole pineapple is safely resting in my tummy. It is absolutely divine and I don’t feel too guilty!
My mum always used to make us ham steaks with fresh pineapple slices and melted cheese when we were young. Such happy memories. We all loved it. Yummm!
I love to freeze some pineapple and then put it in the blender with some coconut cream! It’s the best and freshest creamy treat in a hot summer day.
Guests love my grilled chicken breast salad on a bed of cos lettuce with diced up fresh pineapple and Greek yogurt dressing. It’s healthy, tangy and delicious!
I love a pineapple ring with a large onion ring wrapped around it, sprinkle enough mozzarella cheese to be gooey when it’s cooked and wrapped in bacon. Just delicious done on the bbq!!
I love pineapple pureed and frozen then mixed
through homemade icecream
But also fried and eaten warm with pieces of cheese
So many wonderful ways
Fresh pineapple rings with Fresh bread crumbs for deep fried are great snack . Australian Pineapple has excellent quality and smelling nice.
Sweet juicy tinned pineapple rings on Homemade hamburgers!! Our whole family’s Friday night favourite
My most favorite comfort food is Tuna and Pineapple casserole! My mum finally shared her recipe with me and it’s to die for.
Fresh pineapple makes it even more amazing.
Definitely having fresh pineapple and slice up into pineapple rings and freeze them up as frozen pineapple slices. Great ice block for summer and a small business even made money out of this!~
We chop fresh pineapple into chunks then put a chunk on the end of skewers, dip it in soft brown sugar and hold over flame (great when camping but can be done over smaller flame) the sugar caramelizes the pineapple gets warm then we dip into cream, or serve with ice cream and caramel sauce – can be done on BBQ too or in a fry-pan minus the skewer. is super delicious
On pizza.
I love a fresh slab of pineapple grilled on top of a smoked pork steak with cheese. Only when there is enough left after I’ve eaten 1/2 a fresh pineapple in one sitting.
I just bought a pure gold pineapple from Aldi yesterday! I am planning on using it in a nutibullet healthy drink
Pineapple fritters with vanilla icecream is a decadent dessert any time of year.
In a pina colada!
Just by its self love fresh and tinned pineapple
I love to grill slices of fresh pineapple on the BBQ. The natural sugars in the fruit caramalise beautifully.
I love frozen pineapple as a healthy alternative to sorbet or ice cream on a hot summer day!
Without a doubt the best way to cook with pineapple is to make a pineapple upside-down cake. I have a great “cheat” recipe – cake mix, pineapple (obviously!), cooked and then drizzled with a pineapple sauce to make it super moist. Its perfection!
I love using fresh pineapple into sweet and sour stirfrys! It’s a delicious and fresh taste.
Pineapple fritters all the way! Sweet & a little naughty deep frying.. Makes a perfect treat for all!
Smooth and creamy pineapple sorbet for the summer days and warm pineapple dumplibgs with a coconut whipped cream on winter.
We also keep the core and freeze them. They make a great cool juicy treat for teething little ones.
Pineapple is my number one ingredient for a fresh fruit salad. If I don’t have a fresh pineapple, I don’t make fruit salad.
I like pineapple fresh and sweet. I cut it up to use for fruit skewers, or if cooking I enjoy it on pizzas and in fried rice.
I absolutely love pineapple fritters with a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar but I also love little chunks of pineapple thrown through a stir fry! Yumalicious!
I love making pineapple muffins with cinnamon sugar and coconut icing.
Making chicken and pineapple curry. If you haven’t tried the way the pineapple complements the chicken in this dish, you haven’t lived!
I love fresh pineapple, ham and cheese rolls ,,,
Pineapple and Chicken slow cooking is one of my favorite dishes. It has beautiful sweet pineapple taste and soft tender chicken meat. Whole house are smell wonderful in hours.
I use fresh cubes of pineapple on tutti-frutti fruit skewers, and also pineapple chunks on our home-made Hawaiian pizza! The whole family loves them!
For dinner in homemade Sweet and Sour Pork 🙂
Beautiful pineapple, lemon meringue; beloved in our hearts
Family inspired cookery where the kids cherish being part
A world of learning and fun – for everyone!.
Whenever I entertain or am required to take a cake to an event I bake my very yummy Pineapple upside down cake.
Pork with Home-Made Sweet & Sour Sauce ,
using FRESH Pineapple!!
Perfected this way before the endless jars existed, which have NO REAL Pineapple!!
I love to make a fresh tropical fruit salad, the perfect dessert, all year round.
I love caramelised pineapple pancakes with a squeeze of lime, they are delicious!
Pineapple has beautiful taste to create amazing recipes from sweet deserts to my family’s favourite pineapple chicken burgers.
I grew up eating pineapple sandwiches! Nothing beats fresh bread, butter and sweet, golden pineapple. Mmmm my mouth is watering just thinging about it 🙂
Honeslty I love pineapple fresh by itself. On the days that we do our fruit shopping and buy a pineapple it doesn’t get past the bench. Our whole family love it!
Pineapple is a major ingredient for sweet and sour pork recipe. Fresh pineapple can boost flavour of sweet and sour sauce.
Fresh pineapple is awesome added to a fresh chicken and cheese toasted sandwich! The fresh fruit smothered in teh melted cheese is heavenly!
I love to just eat Fresh Pineapple cut up in pieces on its own!! It is so good it doesn’t need any accompaniments!!
My mum taught me to make pineapple water. Cut pineapple into pieces. Add sugar and boil it in the water. Let it cold down and keep it in the fridge. You can have juicy sweet pineapple water anytime you like.
Fresh Pineapple Crisp Fish Steaks Salad is perfect dish for the summer weather.
Pineapple has many ways to create amazing recipes. I just love to eat pineapple in fresh or with my ice cream. So much joys.
Fresh pineapple in fruit salad. I always buy them with the top on so I can recycle/plant them….the first one I did about 2 years ago is finally fruiting and I’m a little over excited hahaha
Pineapple , mixed berries , coconut milk and coconut sugar are great flavour smoothie for afternoon snack .
I love to have my pineapple on a kebab stick. Chunks of eye fillet steak, chunks of pineapple and capsicum. Grilled and dripping with juice.
love chocolate dipped pineapple 🙂
Pineapple Ice Cream has fresh tase and sweet aroma, it is a perfect snack for day and night.
Pineapple , mixed berries, and watermelon are beautiful summer fruit salad.
Simply, I love Pineapple to make sweet and sour pork of fish . It is my family’s favourite dish all time.
Pineapple, Pineapple, Pineapple is a amazing fruit with amazing flavour.
Love Ham Steak, with heaps of grilled pineapple