Why it works: Sugar and pineapple are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,841 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Pine-apple Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Make the jelly
Dissolve the gelatine in water.
Heat the mixture on the stove until it boils.
Add the sugar and remove from heat.
Combine the juice and some pieces of the pineapple in a can.
Set
Pour the mixture into a mold and refrigerate until set.
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.
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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.
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Sugar + pineappletop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together4,841 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Gelatine
- Sets the liquid into a firm, wobbly jelly as it cools.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and balances the tartness of the pineapple juice.
- Pineapple juice
- Provides the main flavour and liquid for the jelly.
- Pineapple pieces
- Add fruit texture and visible pineapple to the set jelly.
The step that matters
Dissolve the gelatine fully before setting. Gelatine must dissolve completely in the warm liquid; undissolved granules create weak spots and grainy texture. Boiling the mixture is part of the method in the record, so the gelatine should be fully dissolved before it is poured into the mold to set.
“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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