Why it works: Sherry and grape work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 229 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓
Orange Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the jelly
Put the jelly into a basin and pour on the nearly boiling water.
Stir the jelly until dissolved, then strain it through a jelly bag.
Set the jelly
Wet a mold thoroughly and pour in the jelly.
Set the mold in a cool place to set.
Flavor and decorate
Mix in sherry.
Reduce the water by the same amount.
Add gold leaf.
Mold with preserved cherries or grapes.
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.
Explore the science
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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Sherry + grapetop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together229 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Table jelly
- Gelatin in the packet sets the liquid into a firm, sliceable jelly as it cools.
The step that matters
Wet the mold thoroughly before pouring. A wet surface lets the set jelly release from the mold instead of sticking, so it unmolds cleanly without tearing.
“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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