Apple + Almond
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,025 recipes, and they share 242 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Do apple and almond go together?
Yes. 1,025 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 242 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 15% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything almond carries, apple has too: 242 of almond's 281 flavor molecules also occur in apple. Among the shared key aromas are 2,4-decadienal (seaweed) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What each one brings
apple
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 27% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 9% for almond. It carries 280 molecules almond doesn't have.
almond
The roast. Roasted notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 5% for apple. It carries 39 molecules apple doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 4% of pairs with apple, top 1% with almond.
- Quince: top 1% of pairs with apple, top 5% with almond.
- Fig: top 4% of pairs with apple, top 3% with almond.
- Rhubarb: top 9% of pairs with apple, top 1% with almond.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with apple and almond
Mostly desserts: 50 of the 94 recipes with a course label are desserts.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of almond's flavor molecules (242 of 281) are also found in apple, but apple has 280 that almond lacks. Almond gives you part of apple's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 242 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 280 only in apple and the 39 only in almond.
Apple and almond questions
Do apple and almond go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,025 recipes, and they share 242 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do apple and almond taste good together?
Almost everything almond carries, apple has too: 242 of almond's 281 flavor molecules also occur in apple. Among the shared key aromas are 2,4-decadienal (seaweed) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
What goes with apple and almond?
Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 4% of pairs with apple and top 1% with almond. Quince and fig also fit both.
What can you make with apple and almond?
Mostly desserts: 50 of the 94 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Apple Almond Rice, Apple Almond Rice Mix, Apple and Almond Cake, Belgian Endive Apple and Almond Salad.
Can I use almond instead of apple?
Only partly. Almost all of almond's flavor molecules (242 of 281) are also found in apple, but apple has 280 that almond lacks. Almond gives you part of apple's character without most of its fruit. 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: Apple vs Almond. https://compkitchen.com/compare/apple-vs-almond. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Apple vs Almond},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/apple-vs-almond},
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.