Plum + Raisin
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 85 recipes, and they share 115 flavor molecules: the top 16% of all ingredient pairs.
Do plum and raisin go together?
Yes. 85 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 115 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 16% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything raisin carries, plum has too: 115 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel) and gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).
What each one brings
plum
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 25% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for raisin. It carries 266 molecules raisin doesn't have.
raisin
The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 15% for plum. It carries 14 molecules plum doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 5% of pairs with plum, top 1% with raisin.
- Almond: top 8% of pairs with plum, top 2% with raisin.
- Fig: top 4% of pairs with plum, top 7% with raisin.
- Pear: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 17% with raisin.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with plum and raisin
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of raisin's flavor molecules (115 of 129) are also found in plum, but plum has 266 that raisin lacks. Raisin 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 115 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 266 only in plum and the 14 only in raisin.
Plum and raisin questions
Do plum and raisin go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 85 recipes, and they share 115 flavor molecules: the top 16% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do plum and raisin taste good together?
Almost everything raisin carries, plum has too: 115 of raisin's 129 flavor molecules also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel) and gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).
What goes with plum and raisin?
Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 5% of pairs with plum and top 1% with raisin. Almond and fig also fit both.
What can you make with plum and raisin?
Almost always mains: 1 of the 1 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Focaccia — Four Ways.
Can I use raisin instead of plum?
Only partly. Almost all of raisin's flavor molecules (115 of 129) are also found in plum, but plum has 266 that raisin lacks. Raisin 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: Plum vs Raisin. https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-raisin. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Raisin},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-raisin},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.