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 Drink
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut the pineapple skin and core into small pieces.
Soak the pieces in 1 pint of cold water in a stone jar for 24 hours.
Strain and bottle
Strain the mixture and sweeten to taste.
Pour the drink into large bottles and let it sit for 3 days before using.
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 flavor and juice, which passes into the cold water during soaking.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness to balance the tartness of the pineapple.
The step that matters
Soaking in cold water for 24 hours. Cold water extracts flavor and juice from the pineapple much more slowly than warm water. The long soak gives the flavor time to pass into the liquid, so the pieces should stay submerged for the full period.
“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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