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Fruit Salad

A fruit salad with pineapple, raisins, cherries, pecans, celery, maraschino cherries, and a vinaigrette dressing.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Ramblers' club, Minneapolis. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Vinegar and pineapple work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 411 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyl acetate, which smells fruit. The science ↓

Fruit Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the fruit

  1. Combine 2 cans pineapple, 2 lbs Malaga or Tokay raisins, 2 cans white cherries, 1 lb shelled pecans, half the whole amount of celery cut up fine, and a few maraschino cherries.

Make the dressing

  1. In a bowl, whisk the yolks of 3 eggs, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp mustard, 1 tbsp salt, a pinch of paprika, and 2-3 cups vinegar.

  2. Boil the mixture.

  3. While hot, add beaten whites of eggs.

  4. When cool, add 4 tbsp port wine and a pint of whipped cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

172Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
44 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 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 Ramblers' club, Minneapolis. [from old catalog]. 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.

  1. Vinegar + pineappletop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together411 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs (in the method)
Yolks thicken the dressing and the beaten whites add lightness and body.
Whipped cream (in the method)
Adds richness and a light, creamy texture to the finished salad.
Raisins (in the method)
Add sweetness and chewy texture to the fruit mixture.
Pecans (in the method)
Add crunch and a toasty, nutty flavor.

The step that matters

Boil the dressing mixture before adding the egg whites. Heating the egg-yolk mixture thickens it, while adding beaten whites to the hot mixture cooks them gently. Adding the cream only after cooling keeps it from melting or deflating.

“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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