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Fresh Grape and Champagne Sorbet

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Fresh Grape and Champagne Sorbet

Why it works: Grape and cinnamon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,164 recipes. Both carry anethole, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Fresh Grape and Champagne Sorbet

Makes about 3 cups

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

204Calories
1 gProtein
1 gFat
48 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Concord Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Sparkling Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Champagnenot in our table0

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

By epicurious. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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 + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,164 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

  2. Sugar + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together30,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Grape + champagnetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Grape + sugartop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together7,490 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Champagne + cinnamontop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

Sugar and cinnamon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the grape

The recipe marks grape as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (champagne, sugar, cinnamon):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Applefits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Grapethe original

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