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 Pie
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a bowl, combine the grated pineapple and sugar.
Assemble and bake
Pour the pineapple mixture into a dish lined with pastry.
Bake for 30 minutes.
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
- Makes up the filling and supplies its juice, fruity sweetness and tart flavor.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps draw moisture out of the grated pineapple into the filling.
- Pastry
- Forms the crust that holds the filling and browns in the oven.
The step that matters
Pouring the pineapple mixture into the pastry. Grated pineapple releases a lot of liquid as it sits with sugar. If that juice is poured into the crust without care, the base can turn soggy instead of crisp. Keep the filling in the bowl until ready, then add it to the lined dish promptly.
“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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