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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Apple and pear match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 649 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

Jelly

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pass the jelly through a jelly bag three or four times without disturbing the crust that forms on top.

  2. Add ½ cup of sherry and 1 tablespoon of brandy to the clear liquid.

  3. Pour the mixture into a damp mold and place it in a cool place.

  4. For added flavor, use different liqueurs or fruit juices instead of sherry.

  5. Add soft fruits directly into the jelly; cook hard fruits in syrup before adding.

  6. Pour a little jelly into the mold first, about ¼ inch deep, before adding fruits.

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.

  1. Apple + peartop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  2. Grape + appletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Grape + peartop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together252 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Sherry + brandytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,209 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  5. Sherry + appletop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together395 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

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sherry, brandy, apple, pear):

  1. Apricotfits better
  2. Plumfits better
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Grapethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sherry, brandy, apple, pear. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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