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Taffy Apple Salad II

"This isn't exactly like the real thing, but it's an easy, year-round treat nonetheless!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Pineapple and apple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 529 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

8 to 10 servings
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: wheat, peanut (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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

  1. Drain the pineapple chunks, reserving the juice in a small bowl, and set the chunks aside.

  2. In a saucepan, whisk the reserved pineapple juice with the flour, white sugar and white wine vinegar until smooth and no lumps remain.

  3. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for about 10 minutes until thickened and bubbling. Remove from the heat.

  4. Let the sauce cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until cold.

  5. Peel, core and chop the apples, then place them in a large bowl with the drained pineapple chunks.

  6. Add the miniature marshmallows, peanuts and cooled sauce to the fruit and stir until evenly combined.

  7. Thaw the whipped topping, then gently fold it into the salad until no streaks remain.

  8. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

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. Pineapple + appletop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together529 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. White wine + appletop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together357 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Pineapple + white winetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together44 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. White wine + vinegartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,123 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Pineapple + vinegartop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together409 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pineapple, flour, white wine, vinegar, sugar, apple):

  1. Chestnutbetter flavor fit
  2. Peasbetter flavor fit
  3. Almondbetter flavor fit
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pineapple, flour, white wine, vinegar, sugar, apple. 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).