Pine + Almond
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 176 recipes, and they share 230 flavor molecules: the top 2% of all ingredient pairs.
Do pine and almond go together?
Yes. 176 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 230 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 2% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything almond carries, pine has too: 230 of almond's 281 flavor molecules also occur in pine. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What each one brings
pine
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for almond. It carries 54 molecules almond doesn't have.
almond
The floral side. Floral notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for pine. It carries 51 molecules pine doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Pistachio: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with pine, top 1% with almond.
- Brazil nut: top 1% of pairs with pine, top 1% with almond.
- Cashew nut: top 1% of pairs with pine, top 1% with almond.
- Hazelnut: top 5% of pairs with pine, top 1% with almond.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with pine and almond
Spread across courses: mains lead with 11 of the 25 recipes with a course label, then desserts (7).
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (81% of pine's and 82% of almond's are shared). 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 54 only in pine and the 51 only in almond.
Pine and almond questions
Do pine and almond go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 176 recipes, and they share 230 flavor molecules: the top 2% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do pine and almond taste good together?
Almost everything almond carries, pine has too: 230 of almond's 281 flavor molecules also occur in pine. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What goes with pine and almond?
Pistachio is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with pine and top 1% with almond. Brazil nut and cashew nut also fit both.
What can you make with pine and almond?
Spread across courses: mains lead with 11 of the 25 recipes with a course label, then desserts (7). Common dishes include Almond Rice I, Garlic Rice with Pine Nuts, Rice Casserole with Pine Nuts, Rice with Pine Nuts and Tri-Colored Peppers.
Can I use almond instead of pine?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (81% of pine's and 82% 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: Pine vs Almond. https://compkitchen.com/compare/pine-vs-almond. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Pine vs Almond},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/pine-vs-almond},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.