Pineapple Casserole Recipe
Pineapple Cheese CasseroleI’ll raise you and see you with this possible classic from the Southern canon that is all of those, sweet and creamy under bready coverage. And, at the holiday dinners, that dish on the side and that day-of recipe every week, this casserole has rightfully muscled its way into my pantheon of love-of-my-life comfort food. Here’s what you should know about Pineapple Cheese Casserole, its history, the way to cook it and some fun ways to eat it.
What’s in a Pineapple Casserole?
A baked sweet-and-savory casserole that balances sweetness and richness from Pineapple Cheese Casserole against a crunchy buttery topping. It’s a Southern classic, and often offered with the ham, roast meats or holiday spread. In this case, the sweet-and-savory standard is a simple dish that is guaranteed to keep kids and adults satisfied.
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Ingredients
Pineapple Cheese Casserole History:
Pineapple Cheese Casserole is a twist on gilded-era Southern cookery, mid-20th-century American fascination with canned pineapple. That coconut dish, likely born out of a desire to aperitif the taste of the tropics over a familiar quilt of comforting entre. Its soothing simplicity and reliance on pantry staples struck a chord with home cooks, and it has since become one of those dishes you find at potlucks, church suppers and family dinners.
Do You Use Perfect Pineapple in the Recipe?
🔸Drain the pineapple: Be sure to drain the pineapple really well; excess liquid can create a soggy casserole.
🔸Use Freshly Grated or Shredded Cheese: If you grate or shred cheese ahead of time, it can come prepackaged with anti-caking agents, which can also interfere with texture. Use freshly grated cheese for the best melt.
🔸 De-Sweet the Form: The old-style casserole skews sweet to reduce sugar, use 1/4 cup sugar or omit it entirely.
🔸Fold in a Crunchy Topping: For texture, stir chopped pecans or walnuts into the cracker topping.
🔸Make It Ahead: The casserole can be prepared a day ahead and refrigerated. Bake it just before serving.
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Serving Suggestions:
Pineapple Cheese Casserole is extremely versatile and pairs with just about any protein:
▪️Holiday Meals: With glazed ham, roasted turkey or fried chicken.
▪️Potluck Favorite: A great, standout potluck or church supper dish.
▪️Weeknight Side: Serve this alongside some grilled chicken or pork chops, and you’ve got yourself a speedy, cozy meal.
▪️Brunch Food: As a pitch-in brunch dish next to quiche and biscuits and fresh fruit.
We Love Most About Pineapple Cheese Casserole:
🔸 The dry earth places bread on it: Pineapple, cheese, crust of night
🔸 Warmth and Bubbly Factor: It’s all fire, texture and stodge the very thing to huddle up with.
🔸 Easy to Cook: Anyone can do a thriller, with mess ingredients.
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Pineapple Cheese Casserole
Prep Time: 20 Mins > Cook Time: 00 Mins > Total Time: 20 Mins
Ingredients:
Instructions:
Step 1:
Grease 9×13 and preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Step 2:
How to make in oven: Combine thoroughly well-drained pineapple, shredded cheese, sugar and flour in a large bowl. Stir until well combined.
Step 3:
Make the Topping: In a different bowl, combine the crushed Ritz crackers and melted butter, mixing to coat the crumbs gently and evenly.
Step 4:
Assemble the casserole: Spread the pineapple mixture in an even layer in the prepared baking dish. Then follow with the layers of sheaves of butter crackers.
Step 5:
Bake: Until golden brown and the filling: bubbly, 25 to 30 minutes.
Step 6:
Serve: Let casserole sit to cool for a few minutes and serve. Enjoy the warmth.
Conclusion:
If you like sweet and savory, this Pineapple Cheese Casserole is a dish that needs to be on your table. It’s the sweet-and-savory notes blended in, the ease of assembling, the versatility that will make this something you’ll want to return to over and over. For a holiday spread, or a weeknight splurge, you can’t top it. Give it a try and find out what all the excitement is all about this stuff is worshipped in the South and beyond.
