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 ↓
Wrap Pineapple
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the fruit
Prepare the pineapple by peeling and coring it. Remove all eyes.
Cut the fruit into cross sections and blanch for 3 minutes.
Cold dip the fruit.
Pack and syrup
Pack the fruit in glass jars or enameled tin cans.
Pour on thin or medium syrup made from 6 pounds of sugar and 9 quarts of water.
Seal and process
Place the rubber and cap on the jars, but do not tighten.
Sterilize according to your method: 20 minutes in a water bath, 15 minutes at 214°F in a water seal, or 10 minutes at 5 pounds steam pressure.
Remove the jars and tighten the covers.
Invert the jars to cool and test the seal.
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
- Forms the fruit body of the preserve and supplies its flavor.
- Sugar
- Makes the syrup that sweetens the fruit and helps preserve it.
The step that matters
Sterilize according to your method. Processing time must match the method used. Too little heat leaves microorganisms alive in the jar, and the sealed jar may spoil. Follow the time for the chosen method exactly.
“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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