I love sweet pineapple ... this sounds wonderful!!
Pineapple Fritters a la Celestine
" Daniel Rogov, the food critic of the Haaretz newspaper in Israel, offers two
alternatives to jelly donuts/"sufganiyot."
He writes: "Between 1850 and 1878, Celestine Benditte Strauss was the owner of the prestigious and popular Restaurant Cercle in Lyon ... Even though Benditte Strauss was the daughter of the Chief Rabbi of Lyon, her restaurant served traditional and thus non-kosher French cuisine. What most of her clients never realized was that because their hostess adhered to the laws of kashrut, she never tasted any of the dishes that were prepared at her restaurant. She did, however, have a passion for pineapple, and whenever she became hungry while she was at the restaurant, the chef would slice a fresh pineapple for her ... Roger Veldam, the chef at the Cercle dedicated several dishes to her. The recipe that follows has become a Hanukkah classic among Jewish families in Lyon."