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Candied Grapes

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Why it works: Grape and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 628 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

Candied Grapes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Select nice grapes, leaving a tiny stem on each.

  2. Wash and dry the grapes well.

  3. Dip the grapes in melted fondant or melted chocolate.

  4. Serve as a treat for parties.

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. Grape + chocolatetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together628 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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