Name: Grape Juice Punch
Ingredients: 1 quart pure grape juice; 1 pint strained rich lemonade; 1 large piece of ice; slices of fresh or canned pineapple; 2 sliced oranges

Why it works: Grape and pineapple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 709 recipes. Both carry 1-hexanal, which smells fruit. The science ↓

Grape Juice Punch

Ingredients

Directions

In a punch bowl, combine 1 quart of pure grape juice and 1 pint of strained rich lemonade.
Pour the mixture over a large piece of ice.
Add slices of fresh or canned pineapple and 2 sliced oranges.

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.

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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.

Grape + pineappletop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together709 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).
Pineapple + orangetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,664 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Grape + orangetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,771 recipes

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

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What each ingredient does

Grape juice: Provides the main flavor and sweetness, with its color defining the punch.
Lemonade: Adds acidity that balances the sweetness of the grape juice.
Pineapple: Contributes fruity sweetness and tropical aroma to the punch.
Oranges: Add citrus acidity and aroma, plus fresh juice from the slices.