Lime + Pear
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 52 recipes, and they share 230 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Do lime and pear go together?
Yes. 52 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 230 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 15% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of lime's flavor molecules (230 of 299) also occur in pear. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
What each one brings
lime
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for pear. It carries 69 molecules pear doesn't have.
pear
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 25% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for lime. It carries 131 molecules lime doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Kiwifruit: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with lime, top 6% with pear.
- Pomegranate: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 6% with pear.
- Mango: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 7% with pear.
- Coriander: top 1% of pairs with lime, top 17% with pear.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with lime and pear
Mostly mains: 6 of the 11 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of lime's flavor molecules (230 of 299) are also found in pear, but pear has 131 that lime lacks. Lime gives you part of pear's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 230 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 69 only in lime and the 131 only in pear.
Lime and pear questions
Do lime and pear go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 52 recipes, and they share 230 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do lime and pear taste good together?
More than half of lime's flavor molecules (230 of 299) also occur in pear. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
What goes with lime and pear?
Kiwifruit is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with lime and top 6% with pear. Pomegranate and mango also fit both.
What can you make with lime and pear?
Mostly mains: 6 of the 11 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Pear, Kiwi and Lime Juice, Asian Pear Slaw with Chilies, Avocado Pear Mousse, Prickly Pear Ranch Dressing.
Can I use pear instead of lime?
Only partly. Most of lime's flavor molecules (230 of 299) are also found in pear, but pear has 131 that lime lacks. Lime gives you part of pear's character without most of its fruit. 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: Lime vs Pear. https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-pear. Accessed 2026-11-05.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Lime vs Pear},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-pear},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.