Why it works: Cream and sugar 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
Directions
Prepare the fruit
Slice the pineapple thin.
Scatter powdered sugar between the slices.
Cover and let the fruit steep for three hours.
Cut or chop the pineapple into pieces in the syrup.
Make the ice cream
Strain the mixture through a hair sieve or a double bag of coarse lace.
Beat the strained pineapple gradually into the cream.
Freeze the mixture as rapidly as possible.
Reserve a few unsugared pineapple pieces, cut them into square bits, and stir them into the cream when it is half frozen. (Peach ice cream may be made in the same way.)
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Pine | 1 oz (28g) | 191 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Apple | 1 medium (182g) | 95 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| 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.
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.
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Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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Milk + appletop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,104 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
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Pine + appletop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together98 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Cream + milktop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together29,399 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Sugar + appletop 18% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together16,478 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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
- Pineapple (in the method)
- Supplies the main flavour and, once strained, the fruit syrup that sweetens and scents the base.
- Cream
- Provides richness and fat, giving the ice cream a smooth, creamy texture.
- Powdered sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and draws out its syrup while it steeps.
The step that matters
Freeze the mixture as rapidly as possible. Fast freezing keeps ice crystals small, so the ice cream stays smooth rather than grainy or icy.
Swap the apple
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, sugar, milk, pine, egg):
- Vanillafits better
- Lemonfits better
- Coconutfits better
- Applethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against cream, sugar, milk, pine, egg. 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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