Almond + Broccoli
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 206 recipes, and they share 233 flavor molecules: the top 2% of all ingredient pairs.
Do almond and broccoli go together?
Yes. 206 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 233 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 2% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything almond carries, broccoli has too: 233 of almond's 281 flavor molecules also occur in broccoli. Among the shared key aromas are nonanal (fat, citrus) and coumarin (sweet, hay).
What each one brings
almond
The roast. Roasted notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for broccoli. It carries 48 molecules broccoli doesn't have.
broccoli
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for almond. It carries 65 molecules almond doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Cashew nut: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with almond, top 1% with broccoli.
- Rhubarb: top 1% of pairs with almond, top 3% with broccoli.
- Kale: top 3% of pairs with almond, top 1% with broccoli.
- Chickpea: top 1% of pairs with almond, top 1% with broccoli.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with almond and broccoli
Mostly mains: 15 of the 27 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (83% of almond's and 78% of broccoli's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 233 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 48 only in almond and the 65 only in broccoli.
Almond and broccoli questions
Do almond and broccoli go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 206 recipes, and they share 233 flavor molecules: the top 2% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do almond and broccoli taste good together?
Almost everything almond carries, broccoli has too: 233 of almond's 281 flavor molecules also occur in broccoli. Among the shared key aromas are nonanal (fat, citrus) and coumarin (sweet, hay).
What goes with almond and broccoli?
Cashew nut is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with almond and top 1% with broccoli. Rhubarb and kale also fit both.
What can you make with almond and broccoli?
Mostly mains: 15 of the 27 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Broccoli Almondine in Dilled Cream Sauce, Almond Rice Bundles, Broccoli Burgers, Broccoli Salad II.
Can I use broccoli instead of almond?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (83% of almond's and 78% of broccoli's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
Compare other ingredients
Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs
Cite this analysis
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Almond vs Broccoli. https://compkitchen.com/compare/almond-vs-broccoli. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Almond vs Broccoli},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/almond-vs-broccoli},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.