Why it works: Pineapple and arrowroot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 31 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Pineapple Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Combine the pineapple juice or syrup, Maraschino liqueur, and arrowroot in a saucepan.
Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat and cook for 2 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 + arrowroottop 13% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together31 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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What each ingredient does
- Pineapple juice or syrup
- Provides the liquid base and the sweet pineapple flavor of the sauce.
- Maraschino liqueur
- Adds aromatic depth and a cherry-almond note to the sauce.
- Arrowroot
- Thickens the liquid into a glossy, smooth sauce when heated.
The step that matters
Bringing the mixture to a boil. Arrowroot only thickens fully once it reaches a boil and stays cooked for a short time. Stirring it in cold or stopping heat too early leaves the sauce thin and possibly cloudy.
“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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