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Pineapple, Preserved

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, Preserved

Oven, in the book's wordsA cool oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a cool oven”. The 350°F in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

  1. Pare and slice the pineapples thinly.

  2. Layer the slices on a large dish, sprinkling each layer liberally with sugar.

  3. Keep the dish in a warm place or place it in a cool oven daily for 7 to 8 days, turning frequently.

  4. Once dry, bake a few slices at a time in a moderate oven (350°F / 175°C).

  5. When completely cool, pack the slices in airtight boxes with paper between each layer.

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

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