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Pine Apple Pie

A pie with pineapple filling topped with meringue.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Pine Apple Pie

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare the crust

  1. Make a pie crust and line the pan.

  2. Prick the crust with a fork.

  3. Bake the crust at 350°F (175°C) until golden.

Make the filling

  1. Mix pineapple, sugar, butter, sweet cream, and egg yolks in a bowl.

  2. Pour the filling into the baked crust.

Top and bake

  1. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.

  2. Spread the meringue over the filling.

  3. Return to the oven and bake until the meringue is lightly browned.

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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Pineapple + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,134 recipes

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

  4. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Yolks enrich and thicken the filling, while whites whip into the meringue that tops the pie.
Butter
Adds fat and richness, giving the filling a tender, smooth texture.
Sugar
Sweetens the filling and helps the meringue whites stay stable and glossy.
Sweet cream
Adds moisture and richness, helping the filling set smooth and creamy.
Pineapple
Provides moisture, tart fruit flavor, and aroma to the filling.

The step that matters

Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Egg whites must be whipped to stiff peaks with no trace of yolk or fat, since these trap air that gives the meringue its volume. Underwhipped whites deflate, and greasy whites will not foam properly.

Swap the pineapple

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Raspberryfits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, butter, 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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