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 ↓
Grape Wine
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the juice
Remove stems and stalks from the grapes.
Place grapes in a preserving pan with a little water.
Cook until the pulp and stones separate.
Press and strain the mixture through a jelly bag.
Sweeten and bottle
Return the juice to the pan and add the sugar.
Melt the sugar slowly, then bring the mixture to a boil.
Bottle while hot and seal.
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
- Provide the juice and flavour that form the base of the drink.
- White sugar
- Sweetens the juice and helps preserve it once bottled.
The step that matters
Melt the sugar slowly, then bring the mixture to a boil. Sugar dissolved slowly into warm juice avoids crystals and scorching on the base of the pan. Bringing it to a boil afterward helps ensure the sugar is fully dissolved before bottling.
“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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