Why it works: Grape and peach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 218 recipes. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓
Lady Maky's Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Set the fruit
Put half a pint of calf's foot jelly in a mould that has been rinsed with cold water.
When stiff and firm, place on it a small bunch of fine hot house grapes and above them two peaches and a nectarine, placing them very carefully, remembering that the whole is to be reversed when turned from the mould.
When the fruit is tastefully arranged, add jelly that is partly formed; pour it in slowly on both sides of the fruit, being sure that it fills all the interstices; let it reach top of the fruit, and above this place two or three small glossy vine leaves and add a little jelly to keep them firm and fill the mould.
Turn out
It must be carefully turned out. To do this, either loosen from the mould with a knife, or wrap the mould a moment in a towel wrung from hot water.
If in this last mode a little melted jelly should settle around the form, absorb it with a soft napkin.
Variations
The fruit may be varied at pleasure. Plums or strawberries, large and firm; nothing, however, from which the juice would come.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Peach | 1 medium (150g) | 59 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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.
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Grape + peachtop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together218 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Calf's foot jelly
- Forms the clear, firm set that holds the fruit and leaves in place.
- Grapes
- Add fresh fruit flavour and a bunch that stays suspended in the set jelly.
- Peaches
- Provide soft, juicy fruit pieces that sit visibly within the set jelly.
The step that matters
Pouring the partly formed jelly. If the jelly is too liquid, it runs past the fruit and leaves gaps; if it is too set, it does not fill the spaces around the fruit. Pouring slowly over a partly firm layer lets it fill every gap and keep the arrangement in place.
“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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