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Pineapple Coleslaw

A sweet and creamy pineapple coleslaw.

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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

Serves 24
Prep1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg (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. Remove the tough outer leaves from the green cabbage, cut it into quarters, remove the core, and shred the cabbage finely with a knife or food processor.

  2. Peel the carrots and shred them finely. Add the shredded carrots to the cabbage in a large bowl and toss to combine.

  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, granulated sugar, apple cider vinegar, pineapple juice, lemon juice, sweet pickle relish brine, vegetable oil, salt, celery salt, onion powder, ground mustard, ground white pepper, and ground black pepper until smooth.

  4. Pour the dressing over the cabbage and carrots and toss well until evenly coated.

  5. Add the crushed pineapple, including its liquid, and fold it through the slaw.

  6. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour so the flavors blend and the cabbage softens slightly.

  7. Stir the coleslaw well before serving and add a little more salt or pepper if needed. Keep chilled until serving.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Lemon + celerytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,467 recipes

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

  4. Cabbage + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,839 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Carrot + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together21,599 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 (cabbage, carrot, pineapple, sugar, apple cider vinegar, lemon, celery):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against cabbage, carrot, pineapple, sugar, apple cider vinegar, lemon, celery. 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).