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Almond + Leek

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 17 recipes, and they share 223 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together17 recipes
Ranktop 7% of pairs
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58almond only 223shared 38leek only Almond · 281 Leek · 261
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do almond and leek go together?

Yes. 17 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 223 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 7% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything leek carries, almond has too: 223 of leek's 261 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are 2-nonanone (fruity, floral) and coumarin (sweet, hay).

What each one brings

almond

The roast. Roasted notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 7% for leek. It carries 58 molecules leek doesn't have.

leek

The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 8% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for almond. It carries 38 molecules almond doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Sorrel: the best fit for both, top 4% of pairs with almond, top 1% with leek.
  • Beetroot: top 2% of pairs with almond, top 1% with leek.
  • Chervil: top 7% of pairs with almond, top 1% with leek.
  • Shallot: top 5% of pairs with almond, top 1% with leek.

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

Recipes with almond and leek

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (79% of almond's and 85% of leek's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 223 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 58 only in almond and the 38 only in leek.

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Almond and leek questions

Do almond and leek go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 17 recipes, and they share 223 flavor molecules: the top 7% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do almond and leek taste good together?

Almost everything leek carries, almond has too: 223 of leek's 261 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are 2-nonanone (fruity, floral) and coumarin (sweet, hay).

What goes with almond and leek?

Sorrel is the best third ingredient: top 4% of pairs with almond and top 1% with leek. Beetroot and chervil also fit both.

Can I use leek instead of almond?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (79% of almond's and 85% of leek's are shared). 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: Almond vs Leek. https://compkitchen.com/compare/almond-vs-leek. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_almond_vs_leek_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Almond vs Leek},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/almond-vs-leek},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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