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jello question

15 years ago

On another thread Patti43 posted a blueberry salad that calls for Raspberry jello, undrained crushed pineapple and blueberry pie filling. It sounds really good, but I had always thought that pineapple has an enzyme that prevents the jello from setting.

Apparently this recipe "works"? It sounds so good!

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kacram
15 years ago
I think you can't use fresh pineapple. I believe canned
is okay...
glenda_al
15 years ago
Pineapples contain an enzyme called bromelain. THis enzyme stops the Jello from jelling because it breaks dowm the strands of protein that form Jello
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Our family had an old favorite from the 1950's or '60's. We called it green mold. It was a coleslaw with lemon and lime Jell-o to mold it. The Jell-o made it sweet, like the ones with pineapple or whatnot, but it was really good (at least to me, who grew up on it). It was tortured for many years to make it more diet friendly. It had artificial sweetener, lowfat or fat free "mayonnaise", and all the possible substitutions of yoghurt, etc. I won't list all the ways that it was disappointing, but I did lose my taste for it. I found the recipe and made it once (that's how I know that those who didn't grow up on it don't get the appeal). I followed the recipe, as stated, with all the mayonnaise, etc. It was delicious! It was delicious before the Jell-o was added, and that was really just enough to mold it and add that hint of sweet. You couldn't "see" the Jell-o (which you could once it got tinkered with). Do yourself a favor. Make it the right way, or make a different salad.
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peoniesandposies
15 years ago
Canned pineapple is OK.

If you want to you could check out the Kraft Jello website. It has recipes that used canned pineapple and jello.
cynic
15 years ago
I guess the only way to know for sure is to try it out, but there's a lot of recipes out there for Jell-O "salad" with pineapple in it, some showing pictures of them and they seem to set up, although looks can be deceiving.

I know my one aunt always made Jell-O with fruit cocktail in it and as I remember that had pineapple in it and it set up. But that's been a long time so memory could fail me.
ntt_hou
15 years ago
Yes, it does work. It sets quite well. I make this very often in the summer. My recipe use dark cherry gelatin instead of rasberry, and I add chopped pecans to the topping. Can pineapple is ok to use, just don't use fresh pineapple.
wildchild
15 years ago
Canned pineapple is fine. Fresh does not work for the reason Glenda stated.
rosepetal2
15 years ago
I have also found if you use the pineapple juice to replace some of the water it DOES NOT set up. I thought I was being clever and adding some extra flavor but it wasn't a good idea at all.
azzalea
15 years ago
The enzyme is similar to the one used in meat tenderizer. The 'tenderizing' action of each is stopped by heat (which is why we can eat chemically tenderized, cooked meat, without destroying our digestive systems). Fresh pineapple will 'tenderize' the protein in gelatine, preventing it from setting up. Canned pineapple has been heat-treated during the canning process, so the enzyme is inactive, and it can be used safely in Jello recipes.

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