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Plum + Sherry

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 58 recipes, and they share 118 flavor molecules: the top 9% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together58 recipes
Ranktop 9% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Plum Sherry
263plum only 118shared 102sherry only Plum · 381 Sherry · 220
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do plum and sherry go together?

Yes. 58 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 118 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 9% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

More than half of sherry's flavor molecules (118 of 220) also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic) and damascenone (apple, rose).

What each one brings

plum

The woody side. Woody notes make up 4% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for sherry. It carries 263 molecules sherry doesn't have.

sherry

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 30% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 25% for plum. It carries 102 molecules plum doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Apricot: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with plum, top 8% with sherry.
  • Pear: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 10% with sherry.
  • Pineapple: top 3% of pairs with plum, top 7% with sherry.
  • Apple: top 2% of pairs with plum, top 8% with sherry.

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

Recipes with plum and sherry

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: plum has 263 molecules sherry doesn't, and sherry has 102 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 118 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 263 only in plum and the 102 only in sherry.

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Plum and sherry questions

Do plum and sherry go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 58 recipes, and they share 118 flavor molecules: the top 9% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do plum and sherry taste good together?

More than half of sherry's flavor molecules (118 of 220) also occur in plum. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic) and damascenone (apple, rose).

What goes with plum and sherry?

Apricot is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with plum and top 8% with sherry. Pear and pineapple also fit both.

Can I use sherry instead of plum?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: plum has 263 molecules sherry doesn't, and sherry has 102 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.

Compare other ingredients

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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 Sherry. https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-sherry. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_plum_vs_sherry_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Sherry},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-sherry},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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