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TRY LTOS STARRING BEER CHEESE AND MAXIMIZE CRAVEABILITY ON THE MENU

It’s not hard to understand the sales-driving power of beer cheese: Combine the comfort-food appeal of cheese with the fun of a beer infusion, and the result is an ultra-versatile sauce that restaurateurs and diners alike will love getting creative with.

According to Ignite menu data, consumers’ favorite way to enjoy beer cheese is as a topping or dip with pub-food classics. Among LTOs featuring beer cheese, consumers report the highest purchasing intent for beer cheese-topped French fries, grilled chicken sandwiches, cheeseburgers and nachos, as well as chicken tenders and soft pretzel bites served with beer cheese on the side.

Despite the sauce’s popularity, however, only 0.3% of operators offer beer cheese, according to Ignite menu data. This gives operators an opportunity to get ahead of the curve on the trend—and these recipes are a great place to start.

Mains:

Beer Cheese Reuben – For another satisfying sandwich option, elevate a Reuben—featuring marbled rye bread, corned beef, sauerkraut and sliced Swiss—with a warm layer of beer cheese spread on one (or both) of the bread slices.

Beer Cheese Tots – This recipe takes the formula for nachos and gives it a pub-food twist. Top crispy, hot tater tots with red onion, tomato, jalapeno, avocado and parsley before drizzling generously with warmed beer cheese.

Additional Recipes:

Beer Cheese Mac – Serve this spin on a comfort-food classic as a starter, side or even an entree. Stir beer cheese into cooked cavatappi pasta with bacon, onions, bell peppers and carrots before topping with buttered pretzel pieces, diced scallions and bleu cheese.

Beer Cheese & Potato Soup– It takes just six ingredients to craft an indulgent soup with a gourmet twist. Simmer Craft Beer Cheese Dip from J.T.M. Food Group with diced cooked potatoes, cooked bacon and heavy cream, garnish with diced scallions and serve.

Beer Cheese Chicken Sandwich– Who knew a chicken sandwich could get even trendier? Try serving grilled chicken breast on a toasted pretzel bun with beer cheese, baby spinach, tomato and red onion.

Beer Cheese & Bacon Burger– Take a bacon cheeseburger up a notch with a pretzel bun and beer cheese, plus classic fixings including sliced onions and pickles.

Bierhaus Bratwurst – Bring Oktoberfest fun to the menu any time of year by serving a bratwurst on a split buttered pretzel stick with sauerkraut and a hot drizzle of beer cheese.

Mad Man Pizza – Winner of the 2022 Beer Cheese Throwdown, the irresistible flatbread is topped with Ciclops Beer Cheese, tender grilled chicken, fried-to-perfection cherry peppers, crispy bacon, a secret cheese blend and finished with a steamy, scotch-bonnet, ranch drizzle on top.

Beer Bites – The Runner-up recipe of the Beer Cheese Throwdown features Crescent Moon’s Kinkaider Devils Gap Jalapeño Ale for the beer cheese bites because it’s a variation from your typical wheat beer while still possessing a familiarity to the foodie taking part in the experience.

Craft Beer Cheese Dip & Beer Cheese Base – from J.T.M. Food Group make it simple to bring all the fun and craveability of beer cheese to trendy LTOs—and regular menu items—without adding work behind the scenes. Just heat, customize and serve!

2023 Beer Cheese Throwdown – We are asking current and prospective food service operators (restaurants, catering, c-stores, business & industry, college & university, and more!) to submit innovative recipes using one of our fully prepared beer cheese or beer cheese base.

To learn more, visit jtmfoodgroup.com.

This post is sponsored by JTM Food Group

Kentucky’s Ale-8-One Resurrects Sue the Squirrel Mascot with Limited Run Halloween Masks

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October 12, 2022, 15:52 GMT

Available at Select Kroger & Save-A-Lot Locations WINCHESTER, KY, UNITED STATE, October 12, 2022 — Kentucky’s favorite soda brand Ale-8-One is scaring up some fun this Halloween season with a limited run of free squirrel masks. Sue the Squirrel has been a part of the Ale-8-One family since the 80s, and now she’s back with her own origin story. Grab a mask from participating locations and read about Sue’s flavor-filled adventures over an Ale-8-One. Share her story with a girl or a squirrel, then cut the mask out to wear while handing out Ale-8 minis to all the ghosts and goblins who come knocking. The mask, which has Sue’s story printed on the back, can be found at select Kroger locations at the service desk, select Save-A-Lot locations, and Ale-8-One sponsored events throughout October.

“Sue the Squirrel is one of those funny pieces of Ale-8-One history that holds a soft spot in the hearts of many of our fans. As a company, we look for opportunities to honor our history while also growing in new directions, and bringing back Sue the Squirrel provided just that. Sue is a little quirky, a little nostalgic, and a lot Kentucky. We look forward to seeing how Ale-8 lovers engage with her and invent new Ale-8 adventures for her. It’s been fun bringing her to life for a new generation to make memories. Afterall, that’s what Ale-8-One is really about: fun, memories, Kentucky.” – Kevin Price, CMO Ale-8-One Bottling Co.

    

Kentucky’s Favorite Beer Cheese Now Available in Total Wine

LOUISVILLE , KY, UNITED STATES, October 12, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Hall’s Beer Cheese, the original beer cheese and winner of the 2022 Beer Cheese Festival is now available at Total Wine in Lexington and Louisville. This announcement comes just in time for tailgate season across the Commonwealth. A snack-time staple for years at Kroger, Sam’s Club, and Liquor Barn, fans now have more options than ever to pick up the specialty dairy spread. Total Wine is currently stocking the full Hall’s spread of Original Beer Cheese, Hot-N-Snappy Beer Cheese, Savory Pimento, and Benedictine.

“We are thrilled to have Hall’s Beer Cheese in Total Wine making it more convenient than ever for customers to take Hall’s home with them. Hall’s is grateful for the fantastic team at Total Wine who worked with us to make it happen, and we look forward to a long partnership with them as we continue to expand the brand footprint,” says Kit Crase, Hall’s Beer Cheese owner.

About Hall’s Beer Cheese: What started as a spicy appetizer enjoyed by Central Kentuckians dining by the Kentucky River has developed into an internationally recognized brand. Taste of the South, Southern Living, The Wall Street Journal, Food Network, and others have featured the fan favorite beer cheese spread. The unique flavor of Hall’s Beer Cheese begins with aged Wisconsin sharp cheddar cheese and finishes with a bit of spice that provides the “snap” to Hall’s Snappy Beer Cheese.

For more info on Hall’s Beer Cheese please visit; beercheese.com

“Picture This…” Contest Ends November 11!

Winchester, Ky, is hosting our second annual “Picture This…” postcard submission contest. Help Winchester showcase its beautiful and ever-improving community by snapping a photo. You have the chance to win prize money and have your postcard printed.

Postcards will be offered in restaurants, shops, and businesses for one whole year, for free. They will be sent out all across the country and even the world as a reminder of how unique our little town is.

It’s just as simple as snapping a picture.

Entries may be submitted between October 14 and November 11.

Scan the QR code below to submit your photos or use this link: https://visitwinchesterky.com/postcard-greetings/

Americana Corner: The legacy of Daniel Boone

Tom HandLocal columnist

Published: Sep 29, 2022, 8:31 AM

Soon after the American Revolution began in 1775, Daniel Boone joined the Virginia militia of Kentucky County (later Fayette County) and was named a captain due to his leadership ability and knowledge of the area. Over the next several years, Boone would participate in numerous engagements.

In January 1778, Boone was captured by the Shawnee who adopted him and others into their tribe to replace some of their fallen warriors. Later that year, Boone made a harrowing escape and rode and walked 160 miles to Boonesborough, always just one step ahead of his captors, to warn the residents of an impending Indian attack. This feat added to Boone’s growing legend.

Later in the War, Boone participated in the Battle of Blue Licks, fought on August 19, 1782, one of the last major engagements of the war. This fight, which pitted about 180 Kentucky militiamen against a combined force of 300 British Loyalists and Indians, was a crushing defeat for the Kentuckians. By all accounts, Boone acquitted himself well.

After the war, Boone was initially quite successful. He was elected to the Virginia General Assembly (when Kentucky was still part of Virginia) three times and was named a colonel in the county militia. Boone also served as the county sheriff and coroner.

In 1784, as Daniel turned 50, the historian John Filson published a book called The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke, which included a chapter entitled The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone.

Filson’s story made Boone one of America’s first folk heroes and brought instant fame to Boone, at that time a woodsman unknown outside his region. Much like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem Paul Revere’s Ride turned Paul Revere, a relatively unknown silversmith, into an American legend, Filson’s book did the same for Boone, and his future seemed bright.

However, civilization soon got the better of Boone. He began to speculate in land deals that turned sour, and he even tried his hand at operating a general store, but with no success. Eventually, losses from these business dealings forced Daniel to sell off all his Kentucky property to pay debts and legal bills.

Disappointed with his financial troubles in Kentucky, Boone decided to get a fresh start elsewhere. In 1799, he left the United States and moved his extended family to Spanish controlled Upper Louisiana, near present day St. Charles County, Missouri. The Spanish government, happy to have an American legend residing there, gave Boone a large grant. The move to Missouri appeared to be working out, but that soon changed.

In 1803, the United States concluded the Louisiana Purchase and came into ownership of 828,000 square miles of wilderness, including Upper Louisiana. Upon the formal transfer of this vast territory to the United States, all of Boone’s land grants from Spain were voided and he lost all his claims. Despite numerous petitions, it was not until 1814, ten years later, that the United States Congress finally restored his property.

By then, he was 80 years old and father time had taken its toll on the aging woodsman. Although he continued to hunt and trap for the rest of his life, Boone quietly lived out his remaining days surrounded by his children and grandchildren. This iconic American who had experienced so much died on September 26, 1820.

After Boone’s passing, his life became the stuff of legend thanks to a variety of writers, all hoping to capitalize on the great American woodsman. Many of these stories were exaggerated tales and that is a shame because Boone’s life did not need embellishment.

This hardy man had that rare combination of courage and curiosity that allowed him to go where no man had gone before, regardless of the danger. In Boone’s case, it took him down the Wilderness Road that he carved out of the virgin forest, through the Cumberland Gap that split the Appalachians, and into the yet-to-besettled fertile lands of Kentucky, giving encouragement to other Americans to follow in his wake.

WHY IT MATTERS: So why should the life and times of Daniel Boone matter to us today?

Daniel Boone was a legend in his own time. This great American explorer, often taking his life into his own hands, blazed a path to the vast lands lying just over the Appalachians.

More importantly, Daniel Boone is representative of those courageous early Americans, men and women, who ventured into the wilderness to carve out a new nation.

SUGGESTED READING: Daniel Boone by John Mack Faragher is one of the best books about this legendary frontiersman. Written in 1992, it provides a detailed account of Boone’s life and is easy to read.

PLACES TO VISIT: Fort Boonesborough is a living history state park located in Richmond, Kentucky. It is the location of Daniel Boone’s first settlement in Kentucky and includes an impressive replica fort and countless period artifacts. It is well worth a visit.

Until next time, may your motto be “Ducit Amor Patriae”, Love of country leads me

BEER CHEESE TRAIL

Sample a variety of culinary creations in Clark County, Kentucky, the birthplace of beer cheese. 

In the 1930s, cousins Joe Allman and Tim Allman whipped up a concoction that would make their customers thirsty enough to drink (and spend) more. The cousins dubbed it beer cheese and served it in souffle cups with saltine crackers, radishes and celery at the Driftwood Inn, today the site of Hall’s on the River, the Winchester, Kentucky, location that is considered the birthplace of beer cheese. 

According to Julie Staton — Miss Julie to her regulars at Pilot View Mini Mart, a grocery/diner that was once a frontier stagecoach stop — whipping up this ooey-gooey taste bud tantalizer is not simply about popping open a cold beer and pouring it into melted cheese.

“It’s in the wrist, and how you mix,” she says. “That’s my magic.”

Today, cheese fans can sample this Kentucky delicacy at 13 restaurants along Winchester’s Beer Cheese Trail. Each spot features its own spin on beer cheese, from Miss Julie’s steak-and-beer-cheese omelet to the Beech Springs Farm Market’s fluffy beer-cheese biscuits served with gourmet jellies or preserves. 

Try shrimp-and-beer-cheese grits topped with candied bacon crumbs at Loma’s at the Opera House. A beer-cheese quesadilla tempts diners at Woody’s Sports Bar & Grill, and beer cheese pairs with pretzels at Abettor Brewing Co. The Engine House Deli reinterprets Kentucky’s beloved turkey-and-toast-point sensation swimming in a cheese bath as the Beer Cheese Hot Brown Pizza, while Hall’s on the River elevates the humble burger with its secret-recipe beer cheese combined with banana peppers to create the beer cheeseburger.

Order beer-cheese creations at seven locations to earn a Beer Cheese T-shirt. Pick up an official Cheese Log at participating restaurants or from the Winchester-Clark County visitor center on Main Street. 61 S. Main St., Winchester, Kentucky 40391, 859/744-0556, visitwinchesterky.com

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Sample a variety of culinary creations in Clark County, Kentucky, the birthplace of beer cheese. 

In the 1930s, cousins Joe Allman and Tim Allman whipped up a concoction that would make their customers thirsty enough to drink (and spend) more. The cousins dubbed it beer cheese and served it in souffle cups with saltine crackers, radishes and celery at the Driftwood Inn, today the site of Hall’s on the River, the Winchester, Kentucky, location that is considered the birthplace of beer cheese. 

According to Julie Staton — Miss Julie to her regulars at Pilot View Mini Mart, a grocery/diner that was once a frontier stagecoach stop — whipping up this ooey-gooey taste bud tantalizer is not simply about popping open a cold beer and pouring it into melted cheese.

“It’s in the wrist, and how you mix,” she says. “That’s my magic.”

Today, cheese fans can sample this Kentucky delicacy at 13 restaurants along Winchester’s Beer Cheese Trail. Each spot features its own spin on beer cheese, from Miss Julie’s steak-and-beer-cheese omelet to the Beech Springs Farm Market’s fluffy beer-cheese biscuits served with gourmet jellies or preserves. 

Try shrimp-and-beer-cheese grits topped with candied bacon crumbs at Loma’s at the Opera House. A beer-cheese quesadilla tempts diners at Woody’s Sports Bar & Grill, and beer cheese pairs with pretzels at Abettor Brewing Co. The Engine House Deli reinterprets Kentucky’s beloved turkey-and-toast-point sensation swimming in a cheese bath as the Beer Cheese Hot Brown Pizza, while Hall’s on the River elevates the humble burger with its secret-recipe beer cheese combined with banana peppers to create the beer cheeseburger.

Order beer-cheese creations at seven locations to earn a Beer Cheese T-shirt. Pick up an official Cheese Log at participating restaurants or from the Winchester-Clark County visitor center on Main Street. 61 S. Main St., Winchester, Kentucky 40391, 859/744-0556, visitwinchesterky.com

Kathy WittFall/Winter 2022

Recipe: Make a cheese dip for International Beer Day

by: Staff Reports

Posted: Aug 5, 2022 / 03:55 PM EST / Updated: Aug 5, 2022 / 05:24 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — If International Beer Day brings images of good cheese dips to mind, then check out this recipe on Friday’s “All Indiana.”

Jeanine Bobenmoyer, chief mom officer of theCityMoms website, brought her beer cheese dip to the WISH-TV studio. She also talked about International Beer Day, a celebration that started in California but has since spread across the country and  the world, celebrated in 207 cities and 80 countries. Its purpose is to gather friends and enjoy some beer, celebrate the brewers and to unite the world under the banner of beer.

Now, on to the recipe!

Southern Recipe Small Batch’s Beer Cheese Dip 

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp salted butter
  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup milk
  • ½ cup beer of your choice
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
  • 3 cups extra sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions

  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour.
  2. Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in 2 tbsp of milk until smooth. Then whisk in 2 more tbsp. Add in ¼ cup of milk and whisk until smooth, followed by the final ¼ cup of milk.
  3. Stir in the beer, Dijon, garlic powder, and cayenne. Return the pan to medium heat and stir until thick and bubbling, about 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat.
  4. Add the cheese slowly while whisking to combine.
  5. Serve with Mikesell’s potato chips and Southern Recipe pork rinds for dipping. 

Hall’s Beer Cheese Wins Annual World Beer Cheese Festival with their Hot-n-Snappy Beer Cheese

Hall’s Beer Cheese Deli July 20, 2022

Winchester, KY – Hall’s Beer Cheese, the favorite dip and spread of every tailgate and summer BBQ, took home the crown at the Annual Beer Cheese Festival on June 11, 2022. The festival, which is the only one in the world, holds contests for both amateur and professional beer cheese makers. This year, the judges selected Hall’s Hot-n-Snappy Beer Cheese as the best beer cheese in the land. The recognition and award came as no surprise to Hall’s fans or the Hall’s team, who had a great time laughing and joking with everyone who visited the Hall’s tasting tent.

We are thrilled to be recognized as The Best in beer cheese’s hometown of Winchester. We brought our A team to spread the fun, and I know we won because of who was behind the table with us. Hall’s is dedicated to ensuring that this classic Southern favorite continues to have widespread appeal to today’s consumers and to discriminating beer cheese aficionados alike. We hope that our success this year with Hot ‘n’ Snappy will make us a tough act to follow next year” – Kit Crase, Hall’s Beer Cheese Owner.

Having previously won “People’s Choice,” Hall’s, the original beer cheese, is excited for this long-awaited honor, and that it came on such a sunny, fun-filled day that perfectly matches the Hall’s Beer Cheese vibe. Hall’s is available in their home Bluegrass region along with expanded footprints including, Louisville, KY; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH, and throughout eastern Kentucky in Kroger, Liquor Barn, Costco, and Sam’s Club, along with specialty retailers and online at beercheese.com.

About Hall’s Beer Cheese:

What started as a spicy appetizer enjoyed by Central Kentuckians dining by the Kentucky River has developed into an internationally recognized brand. Taste of the South, Southern Living, The Wall Street Journal, Food Network, and others have featured the fan favorite beer cheese spread. The unique flavor of Hall’s Beer Cheese begins with aged Wisconsin sharp cheddar cheese and finishes with a bit of spice that provides the “snap” to Hall’s Snappy Beer Cheese. 

Hall’s Beer Cheese is a majority female owned business based in Lexington, Kentucky. 

For more info on Hall’s Beer Cheese please visit: beercheese.com

Hall’s Beer Cheese, America’s original beer cheese, expands into the Midwest grocery giant, Hy-Vee Supermarkets.

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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, UNITED STATES, July 14, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Hall’s Beer Cheese LLC, the company behind the original and nationally recognized Hall’s Beer Cheese expands its rapidly growing footprint into the Midwest market. Hall’s newest retail partner, Hy-Vee Supermarkets, is the perfect home for this specialty dairy dip and spread best-seller. The product has been a staple for years on the Kroger, Sam’s Club, and Liquor Barn shelves in the Southeast market, and with fans across the nation on beercheese.com. The demand for this snack-time sensation is on a huge upswing thus pushing the product beyond the regional retail border. Hy-Vee stores across Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and Iowa are currently stocking two varieties: Original Hall’s Beer Cheese and Hall’s Hot-N-Snappy.

“The response by fans has been tremendous. We are thrilled to be able to offer our Iowa customers easy shelf access to Hall’s Beer Cheese. We are grateful to the team at Hy-Vee for working with us to make this happen. We look forward to a long partnership with them as we continue to expand the brand footprint.” says Kit Crase, Hall’s Beer Cheese owner.

About Hall’s Beer Cheese:

What started as a spicy appetizer enjoyed by Central Kentuckians dining by the Kentucky River has developed into an internationally recognized brand. Taste of the South, Southern Living, The Wall Street Journal, Food Network, and others have featured the fan favorite beer cheese spread. The unique flavor

of Hall’s Beer Cheese begins with aged Wisconsin sharp cheddar cheese and finishes with a bit of spice that provides the “snap” to Hall’s Snappy Beer Cheese.

Hall’s Beer Cheese is a majority female owned business based in Lexington, Kentucky.

For more info on Hall’s Beer Cheese please visit; beercheese.com

Niki Dec
HGPR Inc
+1 310-859-8870
press@hgprinc.com

Hall’s Beer Cheese Wins Annual World Beer Cheese Festival with their Hot-n-Snappy Beer Cheese

NEWS PROVIDED BYHGPR Inc. July 12, 2022, 16:00 GMT

WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY, UNITED STATES, July 12, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Hall’s Beer Cheese, the favorite dip and spread of every tailgate and summer BBQ, took home the crown at the Annual Beer Cheese Festival on June 11, 2022. The festival, which is the only one in the world, holds contests for both amateur and professional beer cheese makers. This year, the judges selected Hall’s Hot-n-Snappy Beer Cheese as the best beer cheese in the land. The recognition and award came as no surprise to Hall’s fans or the Hall’s team, who had a great time laughing and joking with everyone who visited the Hall’s tasting tent.

“We are thrilled to be recognized as The Best in beer cheese’s hometown of Winchester. We brought our A team to spread the fun, and I know we won because of who was behind the table with us. Hall’s is dedicated to ensuring that this classic Southern favorite continues to have widespread appeal to today’s consumers and to discriminating beer cheese aficionados alike. We hope that our success this year with Hot ‘n’ Snappy will make us a tough act to follow next year” – Kit Crase, Hall’s Beer Cheese Owner.

Having previously won “People’s Choice,” Hall’s, the original beer cheese, is excited for this long-awaited honor, and that it came on such a sunny, fun-filled day that perfectly matches the Hall’s Beer Cheese vibe. Hall’s is available in their home Bluegrass region along with expanded footprints including, Louisville, KY; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH, and throughout eastern Kentucky in Kroger, Liquor Barn, Costco, and Sam’s Club, along with specialty retailers and online at beercheese.com.

About Hall’s Beer Cheese:

What started as a spicy appetizer enjoyed by Central Kentuckians dining by the Kentucky River has developed into an internationally recognized brand. Taste of the South, Southern Living, The Wall Street Journal, Food Network, and others have featured the fan favorite beer cheese spread. The unique flavor of Hall’s Beer Cheese begins with aged Wisconsin sharp cheddar cheese and finishes with a bit of spice that provides the “snap” to Hall’s Snappy Beer Cheese.

Hall’s Beer Cheese is a majority female owned business based in Lexington, Kentucky.
For more info on Hall’s Beer Cheese please visit: beercheese.com

Niki Dec
HGPR Inc
+1 310-859-8870
press@hgprinc.com

Tropical Jackfruit–Ginger Ale Sorbet with Charred Pineapple

By Sam Fore

Chef Sam Fore of the pop up Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites in Lexington, Kentucky, created this summer fruit dessert recipe for an icy, quenching sorbet of jackfruit, pineapple, and ginger ale. The sorbet has become an ever-present treat at her summer pop-up dinners, combining pineapple and jackfruit, both popular in Sri Lanka, with the spicy flavors of Ale-8-One, a Kentucky ginger ale.

Any good-quality, spicy ginger ale or ginger beer will work well in this recipe, Fore says, “but when it comes to the jackfruit, it’s important to get jackfruit in syrup, which is sweet, and not jackfruit in brine, which is savory.” Look for jackfruit at Asian grocery stores. (It’s also easy to buy jackfruit in syrup online.) Rinsing the sweet pods with a little saltwater enhances their tropical flavor.

The sorbet comes together quickly in an ice cream maker. For a final flourish, Fore caramelizes fresh pineapple under the broiler until it develops a lightly charred flavor, which she uses as a topping for the sweet-tart frozen dessert. 

Ingredients

Ingredient Checklist

  • 1 cup chopped (3/4-inch pieces) fresh pineapple (about 5 ounces)
  • 2 teaspoons granulated sugar 
  • 1 cup warm water
  • ¼ cup plus 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided 
  • 1 (20-ounce) can jackfruit in syrup, drained
  • 1 (8-ounce) can pineapple juice
  • 1 (12-ounce) can Ale-8-One soda or good-quality ginger ale, chilled

Directions

Instructions Checklist

  • Step 1Preheat oven to broil with oven rack about 6 inches from heat. Spread pineapple pieces evenly on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil; sprinkle evenly with sugar. Broil in preheated oven until charred in spots, 15 to 17 minutes. Remove from oven; let cool completely, about 30 minutes. 
  • Step 2Whisk together 1 cup warm water and 1/4 cup salt in a medium bowl until salt is dissolved. Add jackfruit, and stir 30 seconds. Drain and discard saltwater.
  • Step 3Combine drained jackfruit, pineapple juice, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt in a blender; process until smooth, about 1 minute. Pour mixture though a fine wire-mesh strainer into a medium bowl. Carefully stir soda into mixture.
  • Step 4Pour jackfruit mixture into an ice cream maker; process according to manufacturer’s instructions. Serve immediately for a soft-serve consistency, or transfer to a shallow container, cover, and freeze until firm, about 3 hours. Garnish with charred pineapple just before serving. —Sam Fore

Make Ahead

Sorbet can be stored in an airtight container in freezer up to 2 days. Let stand at room temperature 20 minutes before serving. Charred pineapple can be stored in an airtight container in refrigerator up to 2 days.