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Pine Apple Cream

A chilled gelatin dessert made with grated pineapple, sugar, gelatin, and whipped cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Gelatin and cream match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,628 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Pine Apple Cream

Ingredients

Directions

Make the base

  1. Stir the grated pineapple with the sugar for 10 minutes.

  2. Soak the gelatin in the cold water until soft.

  3. Dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water and strain it into the pineapple mixture.

Finish

  1. Once cool and slightly thickened, gently fold in the whipped cream.

  2. Alternatively, use the egg whites instead of cream.

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.

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. Gelatin + creamtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,628 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Sugar + gelatintop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,778 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Pineapple + gelatintop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together282 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Pineapple + sugartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,841 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Grated pineapple
Provides the fruit flavor and acidity that defines the cream.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and softens the sharpness of the pineapple.
Gelatin
Sets the mixture so it holds its shape when chilled.
Whipped cream
Adds fat and airy texture, making the dessert light and creamy.
Egg whites
Optional substitute that adds foam and lightness in place of cream.

The step that matters

Folding in the cream once slightly thickened. If the mixture is still warm, the cream will melt and deflate; if it has set too firmly, the cream will not blend evenly. Gentle folding keeps the whipped air intact while the gelatin is just beginning to set.

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, gelatin, cream, egg):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Raisinfits about as well
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, gelatin, cream, 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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