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Pineapples Preserved

A method of preserving pineapples by layering with sugar and boiling the syrup.

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 ↓

Pineapples Preserved

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the pineapples

  1. Clean the pineapples without removing the rind or leaves.

  2. Place the whole pineapples in a large pot and cover with cold water.

  3. Boil until tender enough to pierce through to the core with a straw.

  4. Remove the pineapples from the pot and drain them.

  5. Once cool, remove the leaves and pare off the rind.

  6. Cut into round slices ½ inch thick, removing the core and leaving a small hole in each slice.

  7. Weigh the slices.

  8. Use 1 cup of sugar for each cup of fruit.

Layer with sugar

  1. Cover the bottom of a deep dish with a thick layer of sugar.

  2. Add a layer of pineapple slices.

  3. Repeat layering until all slices are used, finishing with sugar on top.

  4. Let stand for 24 hours.

Make the syrup and jar

  1. Drain the syrup and place the slices in wide jars.

  2. Boil the syrup until no scum rises.

  3. Strain the syrup.

  4. Pour the hot syrup over the pineapple and cover.

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

Pineapples
Provide the fruit that is cooked, sliced and preserved in sugar.
White sugar
Draws moisture out of the fruit and preserves it as a thick syrup.

The step that matters

Boil the syrup until no scum rises. Skimming off the scum as it rises removes impurities from the sugar syrup, so the preserve stays clear and keeps better.

“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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