Why it works: Grape and syrup work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 393 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Canning Grapes
Ingredients
Directions
Pick the grapes carefully and fill the cans compactly without breaking the skins.
Fill the cans with boiling syrup to the desired sweetness.
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 + syruptop 25% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together393 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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