Name: Pineapple Chutney
Ingredients: 2 tbsp ginger 1% lb; 1 tbsp salt cook pineapple; 3 lbs; pepper

Why it works: Ginger and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,800 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Pineapple Chutney

Ingredients

2 tbsp ginger 1% lb
1 tbsp salt cook pineapple
3 lbs
pepper

Directions

Cook pineapple, vinegar, and salt.
Chop nuts, raisins, garlic, and pepper finely, and add to pineapple.
Boil down until thickened.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

90Calories

1 gProtein

0 gFat

24 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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

By Alexander, Agnes B. (Agnes Baldwin), 1875-1970. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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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.

Ginger + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,800 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Ginger + pineappletop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together559 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Pineapple + peppertop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together533 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Pineapple: Provides the fruit base and sweetness that the chutney is built around.
Vinegar (in the method): Adds acidity that balances the sweetness and helps preserve the chutney.
Raisins (in the method): Add concentrated sweetness and chewy texture as the mixture reduces.

The step that matters

Boil down until thickened. Cooking the mixture long enough lets water evaporate and sugars concentrate, so the chutney sets to a spoonable thickness. Stopping early leaves it runny.

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ginger, pepper):

Limefits better
Lemonfits better
Mangofits better
Pineapplethe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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Pineapple Chutney