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Concord Grape Jelly Pie

A pie filled with a mixture of sugar, butter, egg yolks, grape jelly, vanilla, and folded egg whites.

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Why it works: Grape and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,596 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Concord Grape Jelly Pie

Oven350

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Cream butter and sugar.

  2. Add well beaten egg yolks, jelly and vanilla.

  3. Fold in beaten egg whites.

Bake

  1. Fold the filling into the pie shell.

  2. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

  3. Reduce heat to 300 and cook 30 minutes longer.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

303Calories
7 gProtein
17 gFat
30 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
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Concord Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Pienot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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 + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,596 recipes

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

  2. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  3. Butter + vanillatop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Butter + grapetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,028 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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

What each ingredient does

Butter
Adds richness and a tender texture to the filling.
Sugar
Sweetens the filling and helps it turn creamy when creamed with butter.
Egg yolks
Enrich the filling and help it set as it bakes.
Egg whites
Add lightness and help the filling set with structure.
Concord grape jelly
Provides the main grape flavor, sweetness and moisture.

The step that matters

Fold in the beaten egg whites. Folding gently keeps the air trapped in the whites. Overmixing deflates them, which makes the filling denser and less light after baking.

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, butter, egg, vanilla):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Peachfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Grapethe original

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

“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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