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Summer Pineapple Fluff

"This is a delicious summer salad with a tropical flair that has been a family favorite my whole life, and probably longer. Pineapple, marshmallows, and whipped cream make this salad good as a side dish, or as a cool and refreshing dessert. Overnight refrigeration is the most important step to allow the marshmallows to fluff."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Summer Pineapple Fluff

Why it works: Cream cheese and pineapple work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 250 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Summer Pineapple Fluff

12 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

310Calories
9 gProtein
21 gFat
25 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Marshmallownot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cream cheese + pineappletop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together250 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  3. Pineapple + creamtop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,574 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, cream):

  1. Strawberryfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Raspberryfits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.