Skip to main content
Dessert

Flavoring Canned Pears

Canned pears and pineapple are gently heated together.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Pineapple and pear match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 169 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Flavoring Canned Pears

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the pineapple slices into small pieces.

  2. If the pears are halved, cut them into quarters.

Cook and serve

  1. Heat the pineapple and pears together gently, ensuring they maintain their shape.

  2. Serve the flavored pears as a delicious addition to your meal.

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. Pineapple + peartop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together169 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Pears
Provide the main body and soft, sweet fruit flavour once heated.
Pineapple
Adds sweetness and a tangy, acidic note that brightens the pears.

The step that matters

Heat gently. Canned fruit is already soft and can break down quickly under strong heat. Gentle heating warms the fruit through and helps the pieces keep their shape.

“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.

You might also like

Pineapple SherbetPineapple Sherbet116 recipesPineapple PuddingPineapple Pudding72 recipesPineapple CreamPineapple Cream58 recipesPineapple JellyPineapple Jelly39 recipes