Grape Jelly

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. Almond + pistachiotop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together693 recipes

   Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

2. Grape + winetop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together819 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-p-menthene-8-thiol (grapefruit).

3. Grape + almondtop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,435 recipes

   Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

4. Grape + pistachiotop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together182 recipes

   Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

5. Wine + almondtop 25% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together1,260 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Black grapes

Provide the fruit flavour and the main body of the dessert.

Wine jelly or gelatine jelly

Sets around the grapes to hold the layers together and give a firm, sliceable texture.

Swap the almond

The recipe marks almond as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (grape, wine, pistachio):

1. Almondthe original
2. Cashew nutfits about as well
3. Walnutfits less well
4. Hazelnutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against grape, wine, pistachio. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.