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 Honey
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Peel the pineapple and grind it using a meat grinder.
Measure 1 cup of sugar for each cup of pineapple.
Make the syrup
Add enough water to cover the sugar and boil until it forms a syrup.
Add the ground pineapple to the syrup and boil until the pineapple is soft or the syrup thickens.
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 main fruit flavour and the bulk of the syrup.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the syrup and thickens it as water evaporates during boiling.
The step that matters
Boiling the pineapple into the syrup. As water evaporates, the sugar concentration rises, so the syrup thickens quickly near the end. Overboiling can make it too thick, hard, or scorched, so watch it closely once it starts to thicken.
“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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