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 ↓
Orkbn Grape Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the grapes
Place the grapes in a jar.
Cook them in a kettle of boiling water until soft and the seeds can be separated.
Strain the grapes through a fine colander.
Make the jam
For every pound of grapes, add a pound of crushed sugar.
Boil the mixture gently until a thick jam forms.
Pot the jam
Pour the jam into small molds or glasses.
Cover with parchment paper.
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 flavor, and their natural pectin and acid help the jam set.
- Crushed sugar
- Sweetens the jam and, as it cooks down, thickens it and helps it set.
The step that matters
Boil the mixture gently until a thick jam forms.. Sugar and pectin must be concentrated to reach the set point. Stopping too early leaves a runny jam, while cooking too long makes it stiff and can scorch the sugar.
“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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