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Pineapple Bavarian Cream

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

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Pineapple Bavarian Cream

Ingredients

Directions

Make the pineapple base

  1. Soak the gelatin in cold water until thoroughly dissolved.

  2. Chop the pineapple finely.

  3. Place the pineapple in a kettle with the sugar.

  4. Simmer for 20 minutes.

  5. Add the dissolved gelatin to the pineapple mixture.

  6. Strain the mixture into a pan.

  7. Rub the pineapple through a sieve until smooth.

Set and serve

  1. Beat the mixture until thick.

  2. Fold in the whipped cream until well combined.

  3. Pour the mixture into a wet mold.

  4. Refrigerate until set.

  5. Serve with additional whipped 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. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

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

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

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Pineapple
Provides the main flavor and, once sieved, the smooth body of the cream.
Sugar
Sweetens the mixture and thickens the pineapple as it simmers.
Gelatine
Sets the mixture so it holds its shape when chilled.
Cream
Whipped and folded in, it adds lightness and richness.

The step that matters

Dissolve the gelatine fully before adding it. Gelatine only sets properly when it is completely hydrated and evenly dispersed. Undissolved granules leave gritty pockets and weak spots, so the mixture should be smooth before it goes into the mold.

Swap the pineapple

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, 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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