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Pineapple Marmalade

A sweet preserve made from pineapple pulp and sugar, boiled until thick.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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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 Marmalade

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the pineapple

  1. Peel, core, and slice the pineapples.

  2. Grate the pineapple finely.

Cook the marmalade

  1. Boil the pulp and sugar together until thick and clear.

Pot and store

  1. Turn the mixture into pots and cover with brandied paper, then with parchment.

  2. Store in a cool, dry place.

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.

  1. Pineapple + sugartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,841 recipes

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

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Pineapple pulp
Supplies the fruit, flavour and bulk of the marmalade.
Loaf sugar
Sweetens the marmalade and, as it cooks down, helps it thicken and keep.

The step that matters

Boil until thick and clear. Boiling drives off water and concentrates the sugar, which is needed for the mixture to set and to resist spoilage. Stopping too early leaves it runny and likely to ferment, while overcooking makes it stiff and can scorch the sugar.

“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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