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Sherry + Almond

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 517 recipes, and they share 83 flavor molecules: the top 12% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together517 recipes
Ranktop 12% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Sherry Almond
137sherry only 83shared 198almond only Sherry · 220 Almond · 281
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do sherry and almond go together?

Yes. 517 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 83 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 12% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 83 flavor molecules: 38% of sherry's 220. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

What each one brings

sherry

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 30% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 9% for almond. It carries 137 molecules almond doesn't have.

almond

The roast. Roasted notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 5% for sherry. It carries 198 molecules sherry doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Pistachio: the best fit for both, top 21% of pairs with sherry, top 1% with almond.
  • Fig: top 8% of pairs with sherry, top 3% with almond.
  • Vanilla: top 8% of pairs with sherry, top 4% with almond.
  • Apricot: top 8% of pairs with sherry, top 5% with almond.

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

Recipes with sherry and almond

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: sherry has 137 molecules almond doesn't, and almond has 198 that sherry 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 83 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 137 only in sherry and the 198 only in almond.

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Sherry and almond questions

Do sherry and almond go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 517 recipes, and they share 83 flavor molecules: the top 12% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do sherry and almond taste good together?

They overlap on 83 flavor molecules: 38% of sherry's 220. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

What goes with sherry and almond?

Pistachio is the best third ingredient: top 21% of pairs with sherry and top 1% with almond. Fig and vanilla also fit both.

Can I use almond instead of sherry?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: sherry has 137 molecules almond doesn't, and almond has 198 that sherry 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: Sherry vs Almond. https://compkitchen.com/compare/sherry-vs-almond. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_sherry_vs_almond_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Sherry vs Almond},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/sherry-vs-almond},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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