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A boiled pineapple dish made by simmering pineapple in spring water and straining the juice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Other Sweet Dishes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the pineapple

  1. Remove the rind from the pineapple.

  2. Cut the pineapple into very thin slices.

  3. Dice the sliced pineapple into small pieces.

Cook and strain

  1. Combine the pineapple with the spring water in a pot.

  2. Heat the mixture and boil gently until the pineapple is extremely tender.

  3. Strain and press the juice through a cloth or a muslin strainer folded in four.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Ripe pineapple
Supplies the fruit flavor and the juice that is pressed out at the end.
Spring water
Provides the liquid that softens the fruit and carries its flavor into the juice.

The step that matters

Boil gently until extremely tender. Gentle heat softens the fruit's fibers so the juice releases fully, while a hard boil can break the pieces down unevenly and cloud the liquid.

“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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