Name: Fruit Dessert
Ingredients: 1 pound of white grapes; 1 tablespoon brandy; one grape fruit in half; 1 dozen maraschino cherries

Why it works: Grape and brandy work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 711 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Fruit Dessert

Ingredients

1 pound of white grapes
1 tablespoon brandy
one grape fruit in half
1 dozen maraschino cherries

Directions

Prepare the pineapple

Take a large pineapple, cut off the top thick enough to leave the stem intact.
Scoop out the inside, leaving only the shell.
Shred the scooped-out pineapple from the core.

Prepare the fruit

Cut one grape fruit in half and scoop out the pulp.
Seed 1 pound of white grapes.
Mix the fruit and sweeten to taste.
Add about 1 dozen maraschino cherries, ½ cup maraschino liquor, ½ cup sherry wine, and 1 tablespoon brandy.

Assemble and serve

Put all in the pineapple shell and cover tightly.
Place in a very cool place until ready to serve, then tie a pretty bow of pink ribbon around the pineapple before serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

149Calories

2 gProtein

1 gFat

38 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Brandy	not in our table	0
Fruit	not in our table	0

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

By North End Club (Chicago, Ill.). Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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. See the original page.

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.

Grape + brandytop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together711 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

White grapes: Provide the main fresh fruit bulk and a mild, juicy sweetness.
Maraschino cherries: Add concentrated sweetness and a bright, syrupy flavour.
Brandy: Adds aroma and a warm, spirited flavour to the fruit.

“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.