Thanksgiving, or Día de Accion de Gracias in Spanish, is a time to spend with family and enjoy a grand feast, with turkey as the symbol of this celebration. Side dishes vary greatly depending on each family's traditions. Personally, I don't prepare a Latin dish because my husband's family always prepares their traditional Thanksgiving dinner. However, Christmas is my own, and I do give it a very Latin touch!
Of all the traditional dishes the family prepares, I always had my favorite, aside from turkey, of course. My favorite is pineapple with baked bread, and no one makes it better than Aunt Janet. I think I touched her heart after asking for the recipe so many times that one day she decided to send me a copy by snail mail. Since then, I've made it every year for this holiday, and occasionally for a special dinner.
Although this dish could easily be considered a dessert (because it's sweet), it's a good accompaniment to meats, especially ham. A very easy and delicious recipe.
Pineapple with baked bread
Ingredients:
1 can of canned pineapple 20 oz. (crushed, pureed)
3 eggs
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of butter
2 cups of bread cut into cubes
1/2 cup of milk
Preparation:
Cut the bread into squares. Pour the milk over the bread and let it sit for a few minutes to allow the bread to absorb the milk.
Separately, beat the sugar, eggs, and butter in a bowl until creamy. Pour this mixture over the bread pudding.
Add the pureed pineapple with the liquid. If you can't get pureed pineapple, you can lightly blend the slices, but always keep the liquid in, making sure it's not too watery.
Stir lightly and bake at 350°F for 1 hour.
Enjoy!
It looks delicious.
It's delicious 🙂
Thanks for the recipe 😀 it looks delicious, I'm going to make it for my family.
You're welcome Valentina, enjoy it!
I didn't know this recipe, so I'm going to try it and take it to my friend's house for Thanksgiving! Thanks for sharing it with us 🙂
Yes, dear Jeannette, I'm sure it will turn out well, or you can prepare it another day to accompany the ham.
I never would have thought of making that delicious combination of bread and pineapple. I have to try it, and I'll let you know.
You'll like it, Mayito. Let it brown well for an hour. Cheers! 🙂