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Leek + Almond

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 17 recipes, and they share 223 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together17 recipes
Ranktop 7% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Leek Almond
38leek only 223shared 58almond only Leek · 261 Almond · 281
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do leek and almond go together?

Yes. 17 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 223 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 7% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything leek carries, almond has too: 223 of leek's 261 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are 2-nonanone (fruity, floral) and coumarin (sweet, hay).

What each one brings

leek

The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 8% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for almond. It carries 38 molecules almond doesn't have.

almond

The roast. Roasted notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for leek. It carries 58 molecules leek doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Sorrel: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with leek, top 4% with almond.
  • Beetroot: top 1% of pairs with leek, top 2% with almond.
  • Chervil: top 1% of pairs with leek, top 7% with almond.
  • Shallot: top 1% of pairs with leek, top 5% with almond.

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

Recipes with leek and almond

We have no browsable recipe that lists both leek and almond.

Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (85% of leek's and 79% of almond's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 223 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 38 only in leek and the 58 only in almond.

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Leek and almond questions

Do leek and almond go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 17 recipes, and they share 223 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do leek and almond taste good together?

Almost everything leek carries, almond has too: 223 of leek's 261 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are 2-nonanone (fruity, floral) and coumarin (sweet, hay).

What goes with leek and almond?

Sorrel is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with leek and top 4% with almond. Beetroot and chervil also fit both.

Can I use almond instead of leek?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (85% of leek's and 79% of almond's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

Compare other ingredients

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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: Leek vs Almond. https://compkitchen.com/compare/leek-vs-almond. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_leek_vs_almond_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Leek vs Almond},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/leek-vs-almond},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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