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-afplb Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the fruit
Skin and remove the eyes from the pineapples, then cut them into thin slices.
Sprinkle half the sugar over the fruit and let it stand for two hours.
Cook the jam
Boil the mixture for half an hour.
The next day, add the remaining sugar and boil for one hour.
Stir gently with a wooden spoon while cooking.
Jar
Transfer the jam into jars.
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
- Pineapples
- Provide the fruit and its acidity, which gives the jam its body and flavor.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jam and, as it dissolves and concentrates, helps it thicken and set.
The step that matters
Stirring gently while the jam cooks. Sugar and fruit can scorch on the bottom of the pan during long boiling, and stirring gently spreads heat and prevents sticking and burning. Stirring too hard can break the fruit slices into mush.
“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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