Why it works: Grape and currant work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 346 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, pear. The science ↓
Jelly of Grape, Raspberry, and Currants
Ingredients
Directions
Pick the fruit when perfectly ripe and clean.
Place the fruit in a stone jar.
Set the jar in a saucepan filled with cold water, with some straw beneath.
Simmer on a gentle fire for 30 minutes.
Remove the jar from the saucepan and pour the contents into a jelly bag to strain.
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 + curranttop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together346 recipes
Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).
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