Why it works: Cherry and grape work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 696 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Grape Fruit Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Free grape from partitions, pull in pieces. Mix with blanched, dried out almonds and creme de menthe cherries. Allow 8 or 10 cherries to each grape fruit. Do not mix with salad until ready. Serve in border of chopped green jelly, flavored with creme de menthe or mold the jelly in a border mold, molding in some of the green cherries. Serve salad in the center.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 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 |
| 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.
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.
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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.
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Cherry + grapetop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together696 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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