Fig + Apricot
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 97 recipes, and they share 276 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Do fig and apricot go together?
Yes. 97 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 276 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 1% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything fig carries, apricot has too: 276 of fig's 342 flavor molecules also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal) and ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).
What each one brings
fig
The tartness. Sour notes make up 17% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 14% for apricot. It carries 66 molecules apricot doesn't have.
apricot
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 23% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 20% for fig. It carries 106 molecules fig doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Peach: the best fit for both, top 3% of pairs with fig, top 1% with apricot.
- Pear: top 2% of pairs with fig, top 1% with apricot.
- Plum: top 4% of pairs with fig, top 1% with apricot.
- Vanilla: top 1% of pairs with fig, top 2% with apricot.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with fig and apricot
Almost always desserts: 6 of the 7 recipes with a course label are desserts.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (81% of fig's and 72% of apricot's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 276 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 66 only in fig and the 106 only in apricot.
Fig and apricot questions
Do fig and apricot go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 97 recipes, and they share 276 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do fig and apricot taste good together?
Almost everything fig carries, apricot has too: 276 of fig's 342 flavor molecules also occur in apricot. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal) and ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).
What goes with fig and apricot?
Peach is the best third ingredient: top 3% of pairs with fig and top 1% with apricot. Pear and plum also fit both.
What can you make with fig and apricot?
Almost always desserts: 6 of the 7 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Asure, Jamaican Rum Cake, Kompot w Spirytusie, Koshaf.
Can I use apricot instead of fig?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (81% of fig's and 72% of apricot's are shared). 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: Fig vs Apricot. https://compkitchen.com/compare/fig-vs-apricot. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Fig vs Apricot},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/fig-vs-apricot},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.