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Pineapples in Syrup

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Pineapple and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,841 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Pineapples in Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Peel and slice the pineapples.

  2. Soak the slices overnight in a sulfur closet.

  3. For a light lemon color, wash in cold water, then blanch in boiling water for 2 minutes.

  4. Drain the pineapples and place them in jars.

  5. Prepare syrup using the blanching water at 16° Beaume.

  6. Pour the syrup over the pineapples, seal the jars, and process.

  7. Process quart jars in boiling water for 15 minutes, pint jars for 10 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Pineapple + sugartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,841 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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