Cinnamon + Red currant
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 93 recipes, and they share 108 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Do cinnamon and red currant go together?
Yes. 93 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 108 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 11% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of red currant's flavor molecules (108 of 144) also occur in cinnamon. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
What each one brings
cinnamon
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 12% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for red currant. It carries 216 molecules red currant doesn't have.
red currant
The floral side. Floral notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for cinnamon. It carries 36 molecules cinnamon doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Black currant: the best fit for both, top 5% of pairs with cinnamon, top 1% with red currant.
- Clove: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 11% with red currant.
- Nutmeg: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 15% with red currant.
- Star anise: top 1% of pairs with cinnamon, top 11% with red currant.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with cinnamon and red currant
Mostly desserts: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are desserts.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of red currant's flavor molecules (108 of 144) are also found in cinnamon, but cinnamon has 216 that red currant lacks. Red currant gives you part of cinnamon'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 108 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 216 only in cinnamon and the 36 only in red currant.
Cinnamon and red currant questions
Do cinnamon and red currant go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 93 recipes, and they share 108 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do cinnamon and red currant taste good together?
More than half of red currant's flavor molecules (108 of 144) also occur in cinnamon. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
What goes with cinnamon and red currant?
Black currant is the best third ingredient: top 5% of pairs with cinnamon and top 1% with red currant. Clove and nutmeg also fit both.
What can you make with cinnamon and red currant?
Mostly desserts: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Medieval Lenten Tart, Raspberry Rice Elegance.
Can I use red currant instead of cinnamon?
Only partly. Most of red currant's flavor molecules (108 of 144) are also found in cinnamon, but cinnamon has 216 that red currant lacks. Red currant gives you part of cinnamon'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: Cinnamon vs Red Currant. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cinnamon-vs-red-currant. Accessed 2026-11-05.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Cinnamon vs Red Currant},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cinnamon-vs-red-currant},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.