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 Grape Wine
Ingredients
Directions
Make the juice
Crush the grapes in the water in a porcelain kettle.
Stir well and bring to a boil, then cook for 15 to 20 minutes.
Strain the mixture through a cloth.
Sweeten and bottle
Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
Strain again through a cloth and heat to boiling.
Pour into heated pint or quart bottles and seal immediately.
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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Grape + sugartop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together7,490 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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What each ingredient does
- Concord grapes
- Provide the juice, flavor, and color that form the base of the wine.
- White sugar
- Sweetens the wine and balances the grapes' tartness.
The step that matters
Pour into heated bottles and seal immediately. Hot liquid poured into heated bottles and sealed while hot helps reduce the risk of contamination and spoilage during storage, since the heat destroys microbes present in the liquid and bottles.
“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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