Lettuce + Almond
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 210 recipes, and they share 234 flavor molecules: the top 4% of all ingredient pairs.
Do lettuce and almond go together?
Yes. 210 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 234 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 4% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything lettuce carries, almond has too: 234 of lettuce's 276 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are nonanal (fat, citrus) and 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
What each one brings
lettuce
The tartness. Sour notes make up 21% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 18% for almond. It carries 42 molecules almond doesn't have.
almond
The roast. Roasted notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for lettuce. It carries 47 molecules lettuce doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Cashew nut: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with lettuce, top 1% with almond.
- Beetroot: top 1% of pairs with lettuce, top 2% with almond.
- Pistachio: top 2% of pairs with lettuce, top 1% with almond.
- Sorrel: top 1% of pairs with lettuce, top 4% with almond.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with lettuce and almond
Mostly salads: 18 of the 25 recipes with a course label are salads.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (85% of lettuce's and 83% of almond's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 234 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 42 only in lettuce and the 47 only in almond.
Lettuce and almond questions
Do lettuce and almond go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 210 recipes, and they share 234 flavor molecules: the top 4% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do lettuce and almond taste good together?
Almost everything lettuce carries, almond has too: 234 of lettuce's 276 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are nonanal (fat, citrus) and 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
What goes with lettuce and almond?
Cashew nut is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with lettuce and top 1% with almond. Beetroot and pistachio also fit both.
What can you make with lettuce and almond?
Mostly salads: 18 of the 25 recipes with a course label are salads. Common dishes include Almond Chicken Salad with Asparagus, Almond Crab Salad, Curry Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Mandarin Almond Salad.
Can I use almond instead of lettuce?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (85% of lettuce's and 83% of almond'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: Lettuce vs Almond. https://compkitchen.com/compare/lettuce-vs-almond. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Lettuce vs Almond},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/lettuce-vs-almond},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.