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Cabbage + Port wine

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 26 recipes, and they share 69 flavor molecules: the top 25% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together26 recipes
Ranktop 25% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Cabbage Port wine
322cabbage only 69shared 99port wine only Cabbage · 391 Port wine · 168
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do cabbage and port wine go together?

Yes. 26 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 69 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 25% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 69 flavor molecules: 41% of port wine's 168. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine) and guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

What each one brings

cabbage

The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 11% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 4% for port wine. It carries 322 molecules port wine doesn't have.

port wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 35% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 12% for cabbage. It carries 99 molecules cabbage doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Turnip: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with cabbage, top 17% with port wine.
  • Horseradish: top 2% of pairs with cabbage, top 18% with port wine.
  • Shallot: top 9% of pairs with cabbage, top 9% with port wine.
  • Leek: top 3% of pairs with cabbage, top 17% with port wine.

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

Recipes with cabbage and port wine

We have no browsable recipe that lists both cabbage and port wine.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: cabbage has 322 molecules port wine doesn't, and port wine has 99 that cabbage doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 69 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 322 only in cabbage and the 99 only in port wine.

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Cabbage and port wine questions

Do cabbage and port wine go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 26 recipes, and they share 69 flavor molecules: the top 25% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do cabbage and port wine taste good together?

They overlap on 69 flavor molecules: 41% of port wine's 168. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine) and guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

What goes with cabbage and port wine?

Turnip is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with cabbage and top 17% with port wine. Horseradish and shallot also fit both.

Can I use port wine instead of cabbage?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: cabbage has 322 molecules port wine doesn't, and port wine has 99 that cabbage doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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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: Cabbage vs Port Wine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cabbage-vs-port-wine. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_cabbage_vs_port_wine_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Cabbage vs Port Wine},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cabbage-vs-port-wine},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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