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 ↓
Sweet Wine
Ingredients
Directions
Make the juice
Add grapes and water to a pot.
Bring to a boil and strain the mixture.
Sweeten and boil
To the gallon of juice, add the pint of sugar.
Bring the mixture to a boil again and skim off any foam.
Bottle
Bottle or seal the wine in glass jars.
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
- Supply the juice that forms the base and flavour of the wine.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness to the finished wine.
The step that matters
Skim off the foam when boiling the sweetened juice. Foam rises to the surface as the juice heats and carries bits of skin, pulp and impurities. Skimming it off keeps the liquid clearer and reduces off flavours in the finished wine.
“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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