Why it works: Grape and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,490 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Grape Pie
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the grapes
Remove the seeds from the grapes by stewing them.
Strain the stewed grapes.
Sweeten the stewed grapes to taste.
Assemble and bake
Layer the grapes with a thick layer of sugar in a pie crust.
Add 1 tablespoon of water for each layer.
Bake until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbly.
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 + sugartop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together7,490 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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What each ingredient does
- Grapes
- Supply the juice and fruit flavor that make up the filling.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the filling and adds body to the juices as they cook.
The step that matters
Bake until the filling is bubbly. Bubbling throughout the filling shows the juices have heated fully, which lets the filling thicken and set as it cools. Underbaked fruit stays runny and can soften the crust.
“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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