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 Tart
Ingredients
Directions
Remove the leaves from the pineapple and quarter it without peeling.
Stand each quarter in a deep plate and grate it down to the rind.
Strew plenty of powdered sugar over the grated fruit and let it rest for 1 hour.
Put the grated pineapple into a porcelain kettle and steam it in its own syrup until perfectly soft.
Prepare empty shells of puff pastry by baking them in patty pans or soup plates.
Once the shells are cool, fill them with the grated pineapple, add more sugar, and lay a border of puff pastry around the rim.
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 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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