Why it works: Grapefruit and pineapple work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 95 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓
Grape Fruit Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Remove all the fiber from the grapefruit.
Use one-third as much pineapple as grapefruit.
Serve
Serve with French dressing.
Garnish with red cherries.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Grapefruit + pineappletop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together95 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Grapefruit
- Provides the main fruit base and its tart, bright flavour.
- Pineapple
- Adds extra sweetness and juicy texture alongside the grapefruit.
- French dressing
- Adds sweetness, acidity and moisture to coat the fruit.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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