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Pine-apple Marmalade

A sweet preserve made by cooking grated pineapple with equal weight of 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 Marmalade

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare and cook

  1. Grate the pineapple after removing the rind and core.

  2. Add an equal weight of sugar to the grated pineapple.

  3. Heat the mixture slowly, stirring often to prevent burning.

  4. Let it simmer for 30 minutes.

Test and finish

  1. Cool slightly; if it cuts smooth, it is done.

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, flavour and natural pectin-bearing pulp that the marmalade sets from.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and, as it dissolves and concentrates, helps the mixture thicken and keep.

The step that matters

Heating and stirring. Sugar-rich fruit scorches easily on the bottom of the pan, so heating slowly and stirring often prevents burning and bitter flavours. Gentle simmering lets the mixture reduce and thicken evenly.

“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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