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Pineapple–Kale Juice

By Hannah Fenton

Published on November 21, 2022

Yield

Serves 1 to 2

Pineapple–Kale Juice

Ingredients

4 ounces lacinato kale ½ cup fresh cilantro and tender stems1 yellow bell pepper, halved, stemmed, and seeded4 ounces peeled pineapple

Before You Begin

To process leafy greens, pack them into a tight bundle and fill the feed tube before juicing. You can roll leaves up like a cigar, layering small leaves inside bigger ones. This is especially important for centrifugal juicers.

Instructions

  1. On high speed and in order listed, process ingredients through juicer into storage container or serving glass. Stir to combine before serving.
Pineapple–Kale Juice
Photography by Daniel J. van Ackere. Styling by Gina McCreadie.

Pineapple–Kale Juice

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Yield

Serves 1 to 2

Ingredients

4 ounces lacinato kale
½ cup fresh cilantro and tender stems
1 yellow bell pepper, halved, stemmed, and seeded
4 ounces peeled pineapple

Test Kitchen Techniques

Ingredients

4 ounces lacinato kale
½ cup fresh cilantro and tender stems
1 yellow bell pepper, halved, stemmed, and seeded
4 ounces peeled pineapple

Test Kitchen Techniques

Ingredients

4 ounces lacinato kale
½ cup fresh cilantro and tender stems
1 yellow bell pepper, halved, stemmed, and seeded
4 ounces peeled pineapple

Test Kitchen Techniques

Why This Recipe Works

During our smoothie endeavors, we discovered our love for pineapple in drinks because of its immediately recognizable tropical, acidic flavor, so we created a juice that utilizes it as a complementary ingredient alongside a hearty green. While kale can be accused of tasting aggressively healthy, it needs only a few other ingredients to work as a great green backdrop to bolder flavors. Pineapple is a naturally juicy fruit, so when put through a juicer, much of its body made its way through the machine to become a thickened juice that held on to the kale flavor while subduing its intensity. The addition of a yellow bell pepper and cilantro gave the pineapple and kale another kick of sweetness as well as an herbal component that complemented the fruit, as it would in a mixed drink, without being overly cilantro-esque (even for cilantro haters).

Before You Begin

To process leafy greens, pack them into a tight bundle and fill the feed tube before juicing. You can roll leaves up like a cigar, layering small leaves inside bigger ones. This is especially important for centrifugal juicers.

Instructions

  1. On high speed and in order listed, process ingredients through juicer into storage container or serving glass. Stir to combine before serving.

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