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 ↓
Sallie's Grape Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the grapes
Boil green grapes in cold water until tender.
Remove grapes and strain them.
Rub the strained grapes through a sieve.
Make the jelly
Add an equal weight of sugar to the grape puree.
Boil the mixture for fifteen minutes.
Pour into proper dishes to cool.
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
- Green grapes
- Provide the fruit pulp and natural pectin that gives the jelly its body and flavor.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jelly and helps it set firm as it cools and thickens.
The step that matters
Boil the mixture for fifteen minutes. Boiling the grape puree with sugar concentrates it and lets the pectin and sugar reach the level needed to set. Too short a boil leaves the jelly runny, while overcooking can make it stiff and dull in flavor.
“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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