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Pine-apple Preserves, No. 2

A sweet pineapple preserve made by boiling pineapple with sugar.

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 ↓

Pine-apple Preserves, No. 2

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Peel the pineapple and cut it into small pieces using a fork.

  2. Mix the pineapple with sugar and let it stand overnight.

Cook and pack

  1. In the morning, boil the mixture slowly for 10 to 12 minutes.

  2. Pack the preserves into wide-mouthed jars and seal.

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
Provides the fruit bulk and flavor that the preserves are built around.
Sugar
Draws moisture out of the fruit and helps the mixture thicken and keep as a preserve.

The step that matters

Boiling the mixture slowly. Sugar and fruit need enough gentle heat to reduce and thicken. Boiling too briskly can scorch the sugar on the bottom of the pan, while too short a boil leaves the preserves runny and less likely to keep.

“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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