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Pineapple Cream

A chilled gelatin dessert made with pineapple, orange juice, and whipped cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Pineapple Cream

Why it works: Orange and pineapple are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,664 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Pineapple Cream

Ingredients

Directions

Make the gelatine base

  1. Soak the gelatine in cold water.

  2. Dissolve the gelatine in boiling water.

  3. Sweeten to taste.

  4. Add the strained juice of 2 oranges and shredded pineapple.

  5. Let the mixture cool until it begins to thicken.

Finish and set

  1. Fold in the whipped cream.

  2. Spoon into glasses and refrigerate until set.

  3. Serve with additional whipped cream if desired.

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.

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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. Orange + pineappletop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,664 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Pineapple + creamtop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,574 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Orange + creamtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,170 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Gelatine
Sets the liquid into a soft, sliceable structure as it cools.
Whipped cream
Adds fat and air, giving the set cream a light, creamy texture.
Orange juice
Adds acidity and fresh citrus flavour to balance the sweetness.
Shredded pineapple
Adds fruit flavour and texture to the set dessert.

The step that matters

Let the mixture cool until it begins to thicken. If the gelatine mixture is folded with cream while still too warm or fully set, the cream can deflate or the texture turns lumpy. Cooling until slightly thickened lets the gelatine begin to set so the cream holds its air and blends evenly.

Swap the orange

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

  1. Strawberryfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pineapple, cream. 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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