Name: Pine-apple Ice Cream
Ingredients: one pound of sugar between the slices; one quart of cream; one large pine-apple thin; half frozen

Why it works: Sugar and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Pine-apple Ice Cream

Ingredients

one pound of sugar between the slices
one quart of cream
one large pine-apple thin
half frozen

Directions

Prepare the pineapple

Slice one large pineapple thinly and scatter one pound of sugar between the slices.
Cover and let the fruit steep for three hours.
Cut or chop the pineapple finely in the syrup and strain through a sieve.

Make and freeze the ice cream

Beat the strained pineapple gradually into one quart of cream and freeze rapidly.
If desired, reserve a few unsugared pineapple slices, cut into squares, and stir them into the cream when it is half frozen.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

100Calories

0 gProtein

5 gFat

13 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49

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

By Goff, May Perrin, [from old catalog] ed. 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.

Explore the science

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.

Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Pine + appletop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together98 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Sugar + appletop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together16,478 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Cream + pinetop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together123 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Cream + appletop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,089 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

Sugar and apple barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 16,478 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Cream: Provides fat and richness, giving the frozen dessert a smooth, creamy texture.
Sugar: Sweetens the fruit and draws out its juice, forming a syrup, and keeps the ice cream from freezing too hard.
Pineapple (in the method): Supplies the main flavor and acidity, and its juice is blended into the cream.