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Grape
Grape
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Vitis spp

French: raisin

 

There are red, green, and deep-purple, almost black, grapes; those with and without seeds; there are bitter ones and sweet ones. There are more varieties than there are grapes in a bunch.

Quick info

Origin
known since the stone age in the Caucasus and the Mediterranean

Etymology
from the Old French "grappe," bunch of grapes Vitaceae familyThe fruit of the vine, a climbing bush with five-lobed leaves which can support up to 50 bunches of little round berries of varying plumpness

Wine grape varieties
 
Recipes
Barm Brack - Irish bread with currants
Black Grape, Toasted Almond and Sesame Jam
Caramel Custard Mousse with Grapes and a Chocolate Vine Leaf
Custard or Flan with Raisins
English Christmas Cake
Fruit scones
Grape Tart
Marc Meneau, L'Espérance, France
Mincemeat Tarts
Stuffed Vine Leaves - Dolmathakia me rizi
No-Bake Almond Granola Bars
Chocolate cake with Floc de Gascogne
Almond crusted chevre and grape truffles
Saddle of Rabbit with Vidal Wine and Raisins
Roasted Quails Dressed in Gold with Caramelized Clementines
Christmas Turkey Stuffed with Cognac, Apples and Raisins
Calf's Liver with Green Grapes and Muscat or Apples and Muscat
Rice salad with olives and raisins
Grape, Cheese and Chive Appetizer Bites
Rum Raisin Three Kings Cake
Mango Chutney - India
Red Cabbage with Ribera del Duero Wine
Chocolate Beggars
Masfouf with dates, grapes and dried fruit
Risotto with radicchio, golden raisins and St. Agur cheese
Arroz con dulce - Puerto Rican rice pudding
Flank Steak with Paprika
Portorican bread pudding
Breaded Christmas Bread - Vánočka
Buchteln, or yeast buns with quark filling
Buchteln, or yeast buns with poppy seeds
Hot Cross Buns
Cambozola with Frosted Grapes
Sugar buns
Roast Pike-Perch Loin with Christmas Beer and Fruit Fricassée
Antoine Westermann, chef au Le Coq Rico à Montmartre, anc. chef du Buerehiesel en Alsace, France
Makovnjaca, Croatian Poppyseed Roll
Paska or Ukrainian Easter Cake
Little Nation Pudding - 19th century recipe
Finnish Fruit Soup
Pan-Fried Blood Sausages with Apples and Potatoes
Coronation Chicken
Flapjacks - British crispy oat bar
Guatemalan Christmas fruit punch
Borek with beef, raisins, pistachios and herbs

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