Almond + Shallot
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 75 recipes, and they share 205 flavor molecules: the top 5% of all ingredient pairs.
Do almond and shallot go together?
Yes. 75 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 205 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 5% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything shallot carries, almond has too: 205 of shallot's 223 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are 2,4-decadienal (seaweed) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What each one brings
almond
The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 14% for shallot. It carries 76 molecules shallot doesn't have.
shallot
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 7% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for almond. It carries 18 molecules almond doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Capers: the best fit for both, top 5% of pairs with almond, top 1% with shallot.
- Pistachio: top 1% of pairs with almond, top 2% with shallot.
- Cashew nut: top 1% of pairs with almond, top 1% with shallot.
- Butternut squash: top 3% of pairs with almond, top 1% with shallot.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with almond and shallot
Mostly mains: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (73% of almond's and 92% of shallot's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 205 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 76 only in almond and the 18 only in shallot.
Almond and shallot questions
Do almond and shallot go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 75 recipes, and they share 205 flavor molecules: the top 5% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do almond and shallot taste good together?
Almost everything shallot carries, almond has too: 205 of shallot's 223 flavor molecules also occur in almond. Among the shared key aromas are 2,4-decadienal (seaweed) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What goes with almond and shallot?
Capers is the best third ingredient: top 5% of pairs with almond and top 1% with shallot. Pistachio and cashew nut also fit both.
What can you make with almond and shallot?
Mostly mains: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Berry Blue Salad, Spinach and Strawberry Salad I.
Can I use shallot instead of almond?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (73% of almond's and 92% of shallot's are shared). 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: Almond vs Shallot. https://compkitchen.com/compare/almond-vs-shallot. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Almond vs Shallot},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/almond-vs-shallot},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.