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Strawberry Fanchonnette

A fruit salad of pineapple, orange, banana, pear, and strawberry, sweetened to taste and chilled with ice and salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Pineapple and banana match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 733 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Strawberry Fanchonnette

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the pineapple

  1. Cut off the crown of the pineapple.

  2. Pare away the base so it sits evenly.

  3. Scoop out the pulp with a knife and strong spoon, separating it from the core.

Combine and chill

  1. Combine the pineapple pulp with the other fruits.

  2. Sweeten to taste.

  3. Transfer to a covered jar and pack in three parts ice to one part salt.

  4. Let stand for a few hours before serving.

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.

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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.

  1. Pineapple + bananatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together733 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Banana + peartop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Pineapple + peartop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together169 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Pineapple + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,664 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Orange + bananatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

What each ingredient does

Pineapple
Provides the main bulk and sweet, juicy flavor of the salad.
Oranges
Add bright acidity and juiciness that balances the sweetness.
Strawberries
Contribute aroma and a tart, fresh flavor to the fruit mixture.
Pears
Add mild sweetness and a firm, crisp texture to the salad.

Swap the orange

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Applefits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pineapple, banana, pear, sugar. 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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