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 ↓
Unfermented Grape Juice
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash, pick over, and drain the grapes, removing the stems.
Put the grapes into a preserving kettle and add cold water.
Make the juice
Heat until the stones and pulp separate, then strain through a jelly bag.
Add granulated sugar and heat to the boiling point.
Bottle
Bottle the grape juice.
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).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Grapes
- Provide the juice and the main flavour of the drink.
- Granulated sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps preserve the finished juice.
The step that matters
Add granulated sugar and heat to the boiling point.. Sugar must dissolve fully as the juice heats. Stirring helps it dissolve evenly and keeps it from scorching on the bottom of the kettle.
“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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