Name: Pineapple Fritters
Ingredients: 1 large can sliced pineapples; batter (same as for anj fritters); sugar (for syrup)

Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Pineapple Fritters

Ingredients

1 large can sliced pineapples
batter (same as for anj fritters)
sugar (for syrup)

Directions

Drain and wipe the sliced pineapples, then cut them in half.
Prepare a batter similar to that used for anj fritters.
Carefully mix the pineapple pieces with the batter, ensuring each piece is covered.
Fry the battered pineapples until golden brown.
Prepare a hot syrup by dissolving sugar in water and pour it over the fritters 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.

Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,842 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Pineapple + syruptop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together568 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Pineapple + sugartop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together4,841 recipes

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