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Broccoli + Raisin

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 7 recipes, and they share 108 flavor molecules: the top 23% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together7 recipes
Ranktop 23% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Broccoli Raisin
190broccoli only 108shared 21raisin only Broccoli · 298 Raisin · 129
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do broccoli and raisin go together?

Yes. 7 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 108 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 23% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything raisin carries, broccoli has too: 108 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in broccoli. Among the shared key aromas are isobutyraldehyde (malty, green) and eugenol (clove, spicy).

What each one brings

broccoli

The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for raisin. It carries 190 molecules raisin doesn't have.

raisin

Much the same character. It carries 21 molecules broccoli doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Almond: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with broccoli, top 2% with raisin.
  • Cinnamon: top 9% of pairs with broccoli, top 1% with raisin.
  • Chestnut: top 4% of pairs with broccoli, top 6% with raisin.
  • Flour: top 11% of pairs with broccoli, top 1% with raisin.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with broccoli and raisin

We have no browsable recipe that lists both broccoli and raisin.

Can you swap one for the other?

Only partly. Most of raisin's flavor molecules (108 of 129) are also found in broccoli, but broccoli has 190 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of broccoli's character without most of its sulfurous side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 108 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 190 only in broccoli and the 21 only in raisin.

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Broccoli and raisin questions

Do broccoli and raisin go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 7 recipes, and they share 108 flavor molecules: the top 23% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do broccoli and raisin taste good together?

Almost everything raisin carries, broccoli has too: 108 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in broccoli. Among the shared key aromas are isobutyraldehyde (malty, green) and eugenol (clove, spicy).

What goes with broccoli and raisin?

Almond is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with broccoli and top 2% with raisin. Cinnamon and chestnut also fit both.

Can I use raisin instead of broccoli?

Only partly. Most of raisin's flavor molecules (108 of 129) are also found in broccoli, but broccoli has 190 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of broccoli's character without most of its sulfurous side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

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
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Broccoli vs Raisin. https://compkitchen.com/compare/broccoli-vs-raisin. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_broccoli_vs_raisin_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Broccoli vs Raisin},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/broccoli-vs-raisin},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.