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Tropical Cornbread with Pineapple

Sweet and slightly spicy by the addition of the cayenne pepper, this cornbread is addictive and perfect for lounging about on your lanai in Maui on a cool breezy evening, or, if you aren’t on a tropical island, as an addition to a picnic or summer BBQ. I used an 11” x 7” baking pan, but feel free to use a 10” cast iron skillet or a 10” cake pan. Just spray and add two tablespoons of butter to it and heat the skillet or pan on the stove until the butter is sizzling. Then scrape in the batter and put it immediately into the oven to bake for the same amount of time. You’ll get an fantastic crust to the cornbread this way.

By eatthelove · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Tropical Cornbread with Pineapple

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Tropical Cornbread with Pineapple

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

983Calories
41 gProtein
21 gFat
164 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Macadamia Nutnot 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 eatthelove. 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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Lime + macadamia nuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Corn + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together773 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Pineapple + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Flour + macadamia nuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together124 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the macadamia nut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, pineapple, corn, lime, pepper, yogurt, honey):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Beansfits about as well
  4. Macadamia nutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, pineapple, corn, lime, pepper, yogurt, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.