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 ↓
Pine- Apple Chips
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut preserved pineapples into ½-inch thick slices.
Wash the slices in warm water.
Place them on hair sieves without touching each other.
Sift fine powdered sugar over the slices.
Dry
Put them in the stove for four days, turning and sifting more sugar over them each day.
When dry, store them in boxes with white paper between each layer.
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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Pineapple + sugartop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together4,841 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Preserved pineapples
- Provide the fruit that dries into the chips, with sweetness and tang concentrated as moisture leaves.
- Fine powdered sugar
- Adds sweetness and a dusted surface that helps the chips look finished and resist sticking.
The step that matters
Turning and sifting sugar daily during drying. Turning the slices keeps them drying evenly on both sides, and re-dusting with sugar builds a sweet surface. Skipping this can leave damp spots that may spoil during the long drying period.
“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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