Stuffed grape leaves with a mint sauce

This is a list of notable grape dishes and foods that are prepared using grapes as a primary ingredient. Raisin dishes and foods are also included in this article.

Grape dishes and foods

A typical grape pie

A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis.

  • Jallab – a type of fruit syrup popular in the Middle East made from carob, dates, grape molasses and rose water
  • Pekmez – a molasses-like syrup obtained after condensing juices of fruit must, especially grape
  • Moustalevria – a traditional Greek kind of pudding made of grape must mixed with flour and boiled until thick.
  • Torta Bertolina – a typical autumnal dessert from the northern Italian town of Crema presented in a round shape, but it is often available cut into slices. It has a golden brown hue and the fragrance of the small American or Concord grapes, which are one of its main ingredients.
  • Vincotto – a dark, sweet, thick paste made by the slow cooking of grapes[4]

Beverages

Raisin dishes and foods

Raisin cake in Miltenberg, Germany

A raisin is a dried grape.[5] Raisins are produced in many regions of the world and may be eaten raw or used in cooking, baking, and brewing.

See also

References

  1. The Great Southern Food Festival Cookbook – Mindy Henderson
  2. American Profile Hometown Cookbook: A Celebration of America's Table. p. 313.
  3. Aizpurua-Olaizola, Oier; Ormazabal, Markel; Vallejo, Asier; Olivares, Maitane; Navarro, Patricia; Etxebarria, Nestor; Usobiaga, Aresatz (2015-01-01). "Optimization of Supercritical Fluid Consecutive Extractions of Fatty Acids and Polyphenols from Vitis Vinifera Grape Wastes". Journal of Food Science. 80 (1): E101–E107. doi:10.1111/1750-3841.12715. PMID 25471637.
  4. "Vincotto". Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  5. Dom Costello. "Kew Gardens explanation". Kew.org. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  6. Mark Bricklin, ed. (1994). Prevention Magazine's Nutrition Advisor: The Ultimate Guide to the Health-Boosting and Health-Harming Factors in Your Diet. Rodale. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-87596-225-2.
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