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Pine-apple Pie

A baked pineapple filling topped with meringue.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and butter 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 filling

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. In a bowl, mix the grated pineapple, sweet cream, butter, sugar, and egg yolks until well combined.

  3. Pour the mixture into a pie crust and bake until set.

Make the meringue and finish

  1. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites to a stiff froth.

  2. Gradually add the fine sugar while continuing to beat until glossy.

  3. Spread the meringue over the baked pie and return to the oven until 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. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  2. Cream + sugartop 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. Butter + sugartop 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

Egg yolks
Thicken the filling and enrich it, helping it set when baked.
Egg whites
Whip into a stiff foam that forms the airy meringue topping.
Fine sugar
Stabilizes the whipped whites and sweetens the meringue for a glossy finish.
Sweet cream
Adds moisture and richness to the custard-style filling.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a smooth, tender texture in the filling.
Pineapple
Provides the main fruit flavor and moisture in the filling.

The step that matters

Beat the egg whites to a stiff froth, then add the sugar gradually. Whites must be whipped until they hold stiff peaks and then sugar is added slowly so the foam stays stable and glossy. Under-beaten or greasy whites will not hold, and the meringue may weep or collapse in the oven.

Swap the pineapple

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, butter, 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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