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Grape Jam

A preserve made from grapes, sugar, and sometimes acid, cooked until thickened.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Grape Jam

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Stem and wash ripe Concord grapes.

Cook the pulp

  1. Pop them, put the pulps in a kettle and stew until the seeds separate.

  2. Press through a colander to remove the seeds.

  3. Return the pulp to the kettle with the skins.

Sweeten and finish

  1. For every quart of grape add 1 quart sugar.

  2. Finish as gooseberry jam.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

247Calories
4 gProtein
1 gFat
62 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
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Bitter Orange1 medium (131g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Waternot 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 Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp. 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.

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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.

  1. Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

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

  2. Grape + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,771 recipes

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

  3. Grape + lemontop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,412 recipes

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

  4. Bitter orange + orangetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetal (cream, earthy).

  5. Sugar + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 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

Grapes
Provide the pulp, skins and natural pectin that give the jam its body and flavor.
Sugar
Sweetens the jam and, as it concentrates, helps it thicken and keep.

The step that matters

Stew until the seeds separate. Stewing softens the pulp so the seeds loosen and can be pressed out. Overcooking can scorch the sugar-rich pulp and dull its fresh grape flavor.

Swap the bitter orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (grape, sugar, lemon, orange):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Bitter orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against grape, sugar, lemon, orange. 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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