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Mango-Pineapple Chutney

"The sweetness of mango, pineapple and red pepper is given a zing from fresh ginger and a kick from hot chile pepper. Serve this chutney with grilled chicken or seafood for an exciting burst of flavor!"

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Why it works: Pineapple and apple cider vinegar share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 26 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

The recipe

24 servings
Prep35 min
Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the vegetable oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add the minced sweet onion, minced ginger and diced yellow bell pepper, and cook for 8 minutes, stirring, until softened.

  2. Stir in the crushed red pepper flakes and curry powder and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.

  3. Add the diced mangoes, diced pineapple, brown sugar and apple cider vinegar. Stir well and bring to a boil, about 5 minutes.

  4. Reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered for 45 minutes, stirring every few minutes, until the fruit breaks down and the mixture thickens.

  5. Cook for 15 minutes more, stirring often, until most of the liquid has evaporated and the chutney is spoonable.

  6. Remove from the heat and let cool completely. Transfer to clean jars and refrigerate until ready to serve.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together26 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Mango + pineappletop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together224 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).

  3. Ginger + mangotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together280 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  4. Pepper + mangotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together471 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Pepper + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,799 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, ginger, mango, pineapple, sugar, apple cider vinegar):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  3. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, ginger, mango, pineapple, sugar, apple cider vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).