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Lemon sole + Tomato

A cook's pairing more than a chemical one: 7 recipes use both, though they share little aroma. They rank in the top 33% of all ingredient pairs. We hold little distinguishing chemistry for one of them, so the recipe count carries this verdict.

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Cooked together7 recipes
Ranktop 33% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Lemon sole Tomato
41shared 469tomato only Lemon sole · 41 Tomato · 510
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.
Thin evidence for this pair. We hold no distinguishing chemistry for lemon sole: every compound on it appears in more than 10% of ingredients, so this score is computed over the background every food shares. Distinguishing molecules on record: Lemon sole 0, Tomato 239 (the typical ingredient has 12).

Do lemon sole and tomato go together?

Yes, in practice. 7 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 41 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 33% of every ingredient pair we score.

Read this with the evidence note above in mind.

What they have in common

Almost everything lemon sole carries, tomato has too: 41 of lemon sole's 41 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal) and decanoic acid (soapy, waxy). So the pairing rests more on how cooks use them than on shared aroma.

What each one brings

lemon sole

The tartness. Sour notes make up 38% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 14% for tomato. Every molecule it carries is also in tomato.

tomato

The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 0% for lemon sole. It carries 469 molecules lemon sole doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Sauce: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with lemon sole, top 15% with tomato.
  • Olive: top 20% of pairs with lemon sole, top 1% with tomato.
  • Whiting: top 1% of pairs with lemon sole, top 23% with tomato.
  • Haddock: top 1% of pairs with lemon sole, top 25% with tomato.

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

Recipes with lemon sole and tomato

We have no browsable recipe that lists both lemon sole and tomato.

Can you swap one for the other?

Only partly. Almost all of lemon sole's flavor molecules (41 of 41) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 469 that lemon sole lacks. Lemon sole gives you part of tomato's character without most of its fresh, green side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 41 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 0 only in lemon sole and the 469 only in tomato.

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Lemon sole and tomato questions

Do lemon sole and tomato go together?

A cook's pairing more than a chemical one: 7 recipes use both, though they share little aroma. They rank in the top 33% of all ingredient pairs. We hold little distinguishing chemistry for one of them, so the recipe count carries this verdict.

What do lemon sole and tomato have in common?

Almost everything lemon sole carries, tomato has too: 41 of lemon sole's 41 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal) and decanoic acid (soapy, waxy). So the pairing rests more on how cooks use them than on shared aroma.

What goes with lemon sole and tomato?

Sauce is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with lemon sole and top 15% with tomato. Olive and whiting also fit both.

Can I use tomato instead of lemon sole?

Only partly. Almost all of lemon sole's flavor molecules (41 of 41) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 469 that lemon sole lacks. Lemon sole gives you part of tomato's character without most of its fresh, green side. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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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: Lemon Sole vs Tomato. https://compkitchen.com/compare/lemon-sole-vs-tomato. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_lemon_sole_vs_tomato_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Lemon Sole vs Tomato},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/lemon-sole-vs-tomato},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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