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Wild Grape Starter

"Use unwashed, organically grown red or purple grapes for this recipe. The white powder found on the skins of the grapes is yeast. If you wish, you can switch to bread flour on the 5th day. The starter is fully active and ready to use in 9 days."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 2 ingredients
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Wild Grape Starter

Why it works: Grape and wheat work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 300 recipes. Both carry 1-hexanal, which smells fruit. The science ↓

Wild Grape Starter

1 cup starter

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

517Calories
14 gProtein
2 gFat
111 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Grape + wheattop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together300 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  2. Wheat + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,373 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Grape + flourtop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,482 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour):

  1. Raisinfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Grapethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.