Celery + Raisin
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 69 recipes, and they share 110 flavor molecules: the top 21% of all ingredient pairs.
Do celery and raisin go together?
Yes. 69 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 110 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 21% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything raisin carries, celery has too: 110 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in celery. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral) and isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
What each one brings
celery
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for raisin. It carries 282 molecules raisin doesn't have.
raisin
The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 16% for celery. It carries 19 molecules celery doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 7% of pairs with celery, top 1% with raisin.
- Nutmeg: top 7% of pairs with celery, top 6% with raisin.
- Caraway: top 4% of pairs with celery, top 9% with raisin.
- Flour: top 15% of pairs with celery, 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 celery and raisin
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of raisin's flavor molecules (110 of 129) are also found in celery, but celery has 282 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of celery's character without most of its herbal side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 110 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 282 only in celery and the 19 only in raisin.
Celery and raisin questions
Do celery and raisin go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 69 recipes, and they share 110 flavor molecules: the top 21% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do celery and raisin taste good together?
Almost everything raisin carries, celery has too: 110 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in celery. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral) and isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
What goes with celery and raisin?
Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 7% of pairs with celery and top 1% with raisin. Nutmeg and caraway also fit both.
What can you make with celery and raisin?
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Stuffed Acorn Squash I.
Can I use raisin instead of celery?
Only partly. Almost all of raisin's flavor molecules (110 of 129) are also found in celery, but celery has 282 that raisin lacks. Raisin gives you part of celery's character without most of its herbal side. 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: Celery vs Raisin. https://compkitchen.com/compare/celery-vs-raisin. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_celery_vs_raisin_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Celery vs Raisin},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/celery-vs-raisin},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.