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Plum + Filbert

Not a natural pairing: they share little aroma and few recipes use both, which puts them in the top 39% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together2 recipes
Ranktop 39% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Plum Filbert
357plum only 24shared 68filbert only Plum · 381 Filbert · 92
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do plum and filbert go together?

Not really. 2 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 24 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 39% of every ingredient pair we score.

What they have in common

They overlap on 24 flavor molecules: 26% of filbert's 92. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and nonanal (fat, citrus). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What each one brings

plum

The tartness. Sour notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 1% for filbert. It carries 357 molecules filbert doesn't have.

filbert

The roast. Roasted notes make up 22% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 5% for plum. It carries 68 molecules plum doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Pear: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with plum, top 25% with filbert.
  • Vanilla: top 4% of pairs with plum, top 13% with filbert.
  • Apricot: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 26% with filbert.
  • Almond: top 8% of pairs with plum, top 13% with filbert.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with plum and filbert

We have no browsable recipe that lists both plum and filbert.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: plum has 357 molecules filbert doesn't, and filbert has 68 that plum doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 24 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 357 only in plum and the 68 only in filbert.

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Plum and filbert questions

Do plum and filbert go together?

Not a natural pairing: they share little aroma and few recipes use both, which puts them in the top 39% of all ingredient pairs.

What do plum and filbert have in common?

They overlap on 24 flavor molecules: 26% of filbert's 92. Among the shared key aromas are alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine) and nonanal (fat, citrus). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.

What goes with plum and filbert?

Pear is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with plum and top 25% with filbert. Vanilla and apricot also fit both.

Can I use filbert instead of plum?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: plum has 357 molecules filbert doesn't, and filbert has 68 that plum doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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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
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Filbert. https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-filbert. Accessed 2026-11-06.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_plum_vs_filbert_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Filbert},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-filbert},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-06}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.