Tomato + Nuts
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 41 recipes, and they share 157 flavor molecules: the top 22% of all ingredient pairs.
Do tomato and nuts go together?
Yes. 41 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 157 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 22% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of nuts's flavor molecules (157 of 210) also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are furaneol (caramel, strawberry) and 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
What each one brings
tomato
The tartness. Sour notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for nuts. It carries 353 molecules nuts doesn't have.
nuts
The roast. Roasted notes make up 17% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 5% for tomato. It carries 53 molecules tomato doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Capsicum: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 13% with nuts.
- Beans: top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 14% with nuts.
- Olive: top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 15% with nuts.
- Peanut: top 10% of pairs with tomato, top 5% with nuts.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with tomato and nuts
Almost always mains: 45 of the 54 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Most of nuts's flavor molecules (157 of 210) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 353 that nuts lacks. Nuts gives you part of tomato's character without most of its tartness. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 157 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 353 only in tomato and the 53 only in nuts.
Tomato and nuts questions
Do tomato and nuts go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 41 recipes, and they share 157 flavor molecules: the top 22% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do tomato and nuts taste good together?
More than half of nuts's flavor molecules (157 of 210) also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are furaneol (caramel, strawberry) and 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
What goes with tomato and nuts?
Capsicum is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with tomato and top 13% with nuts. Beans and olive also fit both.
What can you make with tomato and nuts?
Almost always mains: 45 of the 54 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Baked Brie with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Pine Nuts, Green Beans, Tomatoes and Pine Nuts, Tomatoes Stuffed with Bulgur and Pine Nuts, Acorn Squash with Pine Nuts.
Can I use nuts instead of tomato?
Only partly. Most of nuts's flavor molecules (157 of 210) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 353 that nuts lacks. Nuts gives you part of tomato's character without most of its tartness. 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: Tomato vs Nuts. https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-nuts. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Tomato vs Nuts},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-nuts},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.