Why it works: Grape and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,490 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Grape Wine
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the juice
Stem the grapes and add 1 quart of boiling water to 1 gallon of grapes.
Let this mixture stand for five days.
Add sugar and ferment
For each gallon of strained juice, add 3 pounds of granulated sugar.
Allow it to stand for two to three days, skimming off the top every other day until fermentation is complete.
Bottle
Rack off, strain again, and bottle for use.
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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Grape + sugartop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together7,490 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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What each ingredient does
- Grapes
- Supply the juice and the natural yeasts that start fermentation.
- Granulated sugar
- Feeds the yeast, which turns it into alcohol and carbon dioxide during fermentation.
The step that matters
Skimming the top during fermentation. Skimming every other day removes foam and solids that rise to the surface. Left alone, they can spoil the wine or add off flavours while it ferments.
“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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