Pistachio + Plum
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 25 recipes, and they share 231 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Do pistachio and plum go together?
Yes. 25 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 231 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 13% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything pistachio carries, plum has too: 231 of pistachio's 239 flavor molecules also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and nonanal (fat, citrus).
What each one brings
pistachio
The tartness. Sour notes make up 19% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 15% for plum. It carries 8 molecules plum doesn't have.
plum
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 25% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 9% for pistachio. It carries 150 molecules pistachio doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Almond: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with pistachio, top 8% with plum.
- Cashew nut: top 1% of pairs with pistachio, top 15% with plum.
- Hazelnut: top 1% of pairs with pistachio, top 9% with plum.
- Cardamom: top 1% of pairs with pistachio, top 8% with plum.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with pistachio and plum
We have no browsable recipe that lists both pistachio and plum.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of pistachio's flavor molecules (231 of 239) are also found in plum, but plum has 150 that pistachio lacks. Pistachio gives you part of plum's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 231 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 8 only in pistachio and the 150 only in plum.
Pistachio and plum questions
Do pistachio and plum go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 25 recipes, and they share 231 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do pistachio and plum taste good together?
Almost everything pistachio carries, plum has too: 231 of pistachio's 239 flavor molecules also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and nonanal (fat, citrus).
What goes with pistachio and plum?
Almond is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with pistachio and top 8% with plum. Cashew nut and hazelnut also fit both.
Can I use plum instead of pistachio?
Only partly. Almost all of pistachio's flavor molecules (231 of 239) are also found in plum, but plum has 150 that pistachio lacks. Pistachio gives you part of plum'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: Pistachio vs Plum. https://compkitchen.com/compare/pistachio-vs-plum. Accessed 2026-11-05.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Pistachio vs Plum},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/pistachio-vs-plum},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.