Cherry tomato + Broccoli
Promising but untested: they share 201 flavor molecules (strong aroma overlap), yet only 2 recipes use both. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs.
Do cherry tomato and broccoli go together?
Possibly. 2 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 201 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 12% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything cherry tomato carries, broccoli has too: 201 of cherry tomato's 225 flavor molecules also occur in broccoli. Among the shared key aromas are 2-hexenal (green, leafy) and nonanal (fat, citrus).
What each one brings
cherry tomato
The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 9% for broccoli. It carries 24 molecules broccoli doesn't have.
broccoli
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for cherry tomato. It carries 97 molecules cherry tomato doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Pasta: the best fit for both, top 2% of pairs with cherry tomato, top 1% with broccoli.
- Welsh onion: top 2% of pairs with cherry tomato, top 1% with broccoli.
- Lettuce: top 4% of pairs with cherry tomato, top 1% with broccoli.
- Garlic: top 6% of pairs with cherry tomato, 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 cherry tomato and broccoli
Mostly mains: 7 of the 14 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of cherry tomato's flavor molecules (201 of 225) are also found in broccoli, but broccoli has 97 that cherry tomato lacks. Cherry tomato 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 201 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 24 only in cherry tomato and the 97 only in broccoli.
Cherry tomato and broccoli questions
Do cherry tomato and broccoli go together?
Promising but untested: they share 201 flavor molecules (strong aroma overlap), yet only 2 recipes use both. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do cherry tomato and broccoli taste good together?
Almost everything cherry tomato carries, broccoli has too: 201 of cherry tomato's 225 flavor molecules also occur in broccoli. Among the shared key aromas are 2-hexenal (green, leafy) and nonanal (fat, citrus).
What goes with cherry tomato and broccoli?
Pasta is the best third ingredient: top 2% of pairs with cherry tomato and top 1% with broccoli. Welsh onion and lettuce also fit both.
What can you make with cherry tomato and broccoli?
Mostly mains: 7 of the 14 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Cauliflower and Cherry Tomato Salad with Basil, Chicken and Broccoli Skillet, Trees in a Broccoli Forest, Antipasto Salad I.
Can I use broccoli instead of cherry tomato?
Only partly. Almost all of cherry tomato's flavor molecules (201 of 225) are also found in broccoli, but broccoli has 97 that cherry tomato lacks. Cherry tomato 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
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: Cherry Tomato vs Broccoli. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cherry-tomato-vs-broccoli. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_cherry_tomato_vs_broccoli_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Cherry Tomato vs Broccoli},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cherry-tomato-vs-broccoli},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.