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 ↓
Geape Preserves
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Squeeze the pulp from the grapes into one bowl and place the skins in another.
Press the pulp through a sieve.
Weigh the grapes before squeezing them.
Cook
Combine the strained pulp and sugar in a pot and boil slowly until thick.
Boil the skins separately until thick as well.
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
- Provide the fruit pulp and skins that are cooked down into the preserve.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the preserve and, as it cooks down, helps it thicken.
The step that matters
Boiling the strained pulp with sugar until thick. Sugar concentrates as water evaporates, so the mixture thickens as it cooks. Boiling slowly and watching closely helps prevent scorching on the bottom of the pot and stops the preserve from becoming too stiff.
“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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