Why it works: Pineapple and syrup work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 568 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Pine Apple Water Ice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Peel the pineapple and boil it in thin syrup until tender.
Pulp the boiled pineapple and let it cool completely.
Freeze and serve
Freeze the cooled pineapple pulp.
Mix the frozen pulp with 1 pint of syrup and water before serving.
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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Pineapple + syruptop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together568 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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What each ingredient does
- Pineapple
- Provides the main fruit flavor and, once pulped, the body of the ice.
- Thin syrup
- Sweetens the fruit and softens it during boiling, and keeps the ice from freezing rock-hard.
- Water
- Thins the frozen pulp so the ice is smooth and scoopable rather than dense.
The step that matters
Let the boiled pineapple cool completely before freezing. Warm pulp freezes slowly and forms larger ice crystals, giving a coarse texture. Fully cooling it first lets it freeze faster and more evenly, for a smoother water ice.
“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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