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Buy yourself a ripe pineapple.
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It should smell slightly sweet and you should be able to remove the leaves quite easily.
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Cut both ends off and peel the skin with a knife, removing any little black bits.
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Then cut the pineapple into quarters and remove the slightly less tasty core, which I usually discard or suck on while preparing the rest of the dish.
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Finely slice your quarters, lengthways, as thin as you can.
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Lay out flat in one or two layers on a large plate.
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Dont refrigerate this just put it to one side.
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Take the plate to the table after dinner with a pot of yogurt that can be passed round, then return with a pestle and mortar with the sugar in it.
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Your family or guests will probably think youve gone mad, especially if you ignore them while you do this, but pick the mint leaves and add them to the sugar.
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Bash the hell out of it in the pestle and mortar at the table.
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Youll see the sugar change colour and it will smell fantastic.
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It normally takes about a minute to do if youve got a good wrist action.
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Sprinkle the mint sugar over the plate of pineapple making sure you dont let anyone nick any pineapple before you sprinkle the sugar over.
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What a fantastic thing.
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If you have any leftovers, you could always make a pina colada with them.
