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Flan Op Pineapple

A custard flan topped with pineapple and meringue.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Pineapple and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,841 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Flan Op Pineapple

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderately cool oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderately cool oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Prepare the flan.

  2. Bake the flan as you would for Apple Flan.

  3. Cut the pineapple into dice and remove all specks.

Make the custard

  1. Strain the syrup and place ½ cup of it in a saucepan with 2 teaspoons of sugar.

  2. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 3-4 minutes.

  3. Let it cool slightly, then add the egg yolks and cook gently, stirring, until thickened.

Assemble and bake

  1. Place the pineapple in the prepared flan.

  2. Cover with the custard.

  3. Spread the whipped egg whites on top.

  4. Bake in a moderate oven at 350°F (175°C) until the meringue hardens and browns slightly.

Serve

  1. Serve hot or cold.

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

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

  2. Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

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

  3. Pineapple + eggtop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,075 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Pineapple
Provides the fruit flavour and moist filling in the flan.
Eggs
Egg yolks thicken the custard, and whipped whites form the browned meringue topping.
Castor sugar
Sweetens the syrup and custard and helps the meringue brown.
Short crust
Forms the pastry shell that holds the filling during baking.

The step that matters

Cooking the egg yolks into the custard. Egg yolks thicken when heated gently. If the custard boils or heats too fast, the eggs can scramble and turn grainy, so stir constantly over low heat until it coats a spoon.

Swap the pineapple

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, 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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