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 ↓
Pineapple
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pluck the top stems of the pineapple; if they come out easily, the pineapple is ripe.
Peel the pineapple and remove the core.
Cut the pineapple into ½‑inch slices.
Serve
Serve the slices with powdered sugar.
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.
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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.
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Pineapple + sugartop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together4,841 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Pineapple
- Provides the juicy, sweet-tart flesh that makes up the whole dish.
The step that matters
Choosing a ripe pineapple. A pineapple does not gain sugar after it is picked, so a ripe fruit gives the sweetest, juiciest slices. The stem test shows ripeness before you peel and cut.
“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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