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Pine Apple Jelly

A preserved pineapple sweet made by boiling pineapple with sugar and preserving in jars.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 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 ↓

Pine Apple Jelly

Ingredients

Directions

Make the jelly

  1. Combine the chopped pineapple and sugar in a preserving pan.

  2. Stir and boil until well mixed and thickened.

  3. Strain the mixture and pour it into jars.

Seal and store

  1. Once cool, cover the jelly with papers wet with brandy.

  2. Seal the jars tightly.

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 + sugartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,841 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 base and natural pectin that help the jelly thicken as it cooks.
Sugar
Sweetens the jelly and, by boiling with the fruit, helps it set into a firm, spreadable texture.

The step that matters

Boiling until thickened. Sugar and fruit must be cooked long enough to reach the set point; too little boiling leaves a runny jelly, while overcooking can make it stiff and dull in flavour.

“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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