Pine + Tomato
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 323 recipes, and they share 246 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Do pine and tomato go together?
Yes. 323 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 246 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 11% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything pine carries, tomato has too: 246 of pine's 284 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
What each one brings
pine
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 8% for tomato. It carries 38 molecules tomato doesn't have.
tomato
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 8% for pine. It carries 264 molecules pine doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Basil: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with pine, top 1% with tomato.
- Avocado: top 1% of pairs with pine, top 2% with tomato.
- Olive: top 5% of pairs with pine, top 1% with tomato.
- Cumin: top 2% of pairs with pine, top 2% with tomato.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with pine and tomato
Almost always mains: 36 of the 42 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of pine's flavor molecules (246 of 284) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 264 that pine lacks. Pine gives you part of tomato's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 246 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 38 only in pine and the 264 only in tomato.
Pine and tomato questions
Do pine and tomato go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 323 recipes, and they share 246 flavor molecules: the top 11% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do pine and tomato taste good together?
Almost everything pine carries, tomato has too: 246 of pine's 284 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
What goes with pine and tomato?
Basil is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with pine and top 1% with tomato. Avocado and olive also fit both.
What can you make with pine and tomato?
Almost always mains: 36 of the 42 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Baked Brie with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Pine Nuts, Green Beans, Tomatoes and Pine Nuts, Tomatoes Stuffed with Bulgur and Pine Nuts, Acorn Squash with Pine Nuts.
Can I use tomato instead of pine?
Only partly. Almost all of pine's flavor molecules (246 of 284) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 264 that pine lacks. Pine gives you part of tomato'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: Pine vs Tomato. https://compkitchen.com/compare/pine-vs-tomato. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_pine_vs_tomato_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Pine vs Tomato},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/pine-vs-tomato},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.