Why it works: Grape and lime work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 246 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓
Keeping Grapes
Ingredients
Directions
Pick grapes before they are fully ripe and ensure they are dry.
Remove any defective grapes.
Wrap each bunch in old paper or cotton, using no more than two layers in a box.
Store in a cold, dry room where they won't freeze.
To preserve, dip clusters in lime water until thick like cream, then hang them up.
To serve, dip clusters in warm water to remove lime.
For jar preservation, layer grapes gently with cotton in a glass or earthenware jar, cork it, and seal the corks with melted resin.
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 + limetop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together246 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
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