Why it works: Grape and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,284 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Grape Shortcake
Ingredients
Directions
Make and bake the pastry for the shortcake.
Once cool, divide the layers.
Remove the seeds from the Malaga grapes and arrange the pulps on the first layer of the cake.
Spread a layer of jelly over the first layer of grapes.
Top with a layer of whipped cream over the upper layer of grapes.
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.
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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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Grape + creamtop 29% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,284 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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